6:00 am Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 8.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 104.9 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with a few gusts.

Weather: Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:48 am…High at 3:07 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:15 am…High at 4:14 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.    

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability trailing a tropical wave, will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to bring cloudiness, heavy showers, gusty winds and thunderstorms over our region from Thursday into Friday.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.