6:00 am Weather Report 28th September, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 45.8 mm.       

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 92.8 mm.      

Sunset today: 5:55 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:46 am… High at 2:17 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:13 am… High at 3:24 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central and southern Lesser Antilles, it will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Further north is expected to be fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over most of our region, during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to bring cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over our region on Wednesday.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.