6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 09th August, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 28.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 34.8 mm.
Sunset today: 6:28 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers at first.
An increase in cloudiness with showers and isolated thunderstorms is expected from this afternoon.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:30 am…High at 4:59 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:57 am…High at 6:06 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells
4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers at first. An increase in cloudiness with showers and isolated thunderstorms is expected from this afternoon.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A low pressure system located about 320 miles east of the Windward Islands is moving toward the west-northwest at about 15 mph or 24 km/h. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for some development of this system and a tropical depression could form over the next few days. The disturbance is forecast to reach portions of the Lesser Antilles by late tonight. Interests around the Eastern Caribbean islands are advised to closely monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A second low pressure system is located about 940 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Development of this system is becoming less likely during the next few days while it moves toward the west or west-southwest at about 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also
moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.