6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th September, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers and thunderstorms.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at 9 mph or 15 m/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.9 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 24.1 mm.    

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 96.3 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 65.0 mm.   

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am             Sunset tomorrow: 5:54 pm     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 17 mph or

28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers, which

         maybe heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms.

Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides should remain vigilant.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:21 pm… High at 2:05 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:48 pm… High at 3:12 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Central and Southern Lesser Antilles, it will be occasionally cloudy

with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Further north is expected to be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles, will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over most of our region, during the next 24 hours.

A 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 second tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving

westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.