6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 03rd September, 2021
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with light haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is28°C or 82°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 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.
Sunset today: 6:13 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 20 mph or 37 km/h with a few gusts.
Weather: Breezy with occasionally cloudy skies, 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 2:15 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:13 am…High at 3:22 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 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
Over the southern Lesser Antilles, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
Moisture and instability associated with the passage of a tropical wave, will continue produce increased periods of cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of our region, during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave associated with a weak low pressure area, is located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic. There a very low chance of further development of this system over the next five days as it moves westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Larry was located near latitude 14.6 degrees north, longitude 38.9 degrees west. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph or 150 km/h, with higher gusts. Larry is moving toward the west-northwest near 20 mph or 31 km/h and this motion is expected during the next few days. Larry is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region during the next five days.