6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 04th September, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:12 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near
17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to take the necessary precautions.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:29 pm….High at 2:12 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:56 pm….High at 3:19 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to reduced visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moderate concentrations of Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction to air quality and visibility across the Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Larry was located near latitude 17.4 degrees north, longitude 47.1 degrees west or about 970 miles or 1560 kilometres east of the Leeward Islands. Maximum sustained winds are near 125 mph or 205 km/h, with higher gusts. Larry is a category 3 hurricane on Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Larry is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph or
22 km/h. Although Hurricane Larry does not pose a direct threat to our region, swells generated by Larry are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles from Sunday.