6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 10th September, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at
20 mph or 31 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.4 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 6.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:07 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near
17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 12:25 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:59 pm…Low at 01:52 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Patches of low level clouds drifting along an easterly wind flow, will produce some cloudy periods with showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave together with a low pressure centre about 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to begin affecting the islands from late Saturday into Sunday.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h.

A strong tropical wave just off the West coast of Africa is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. A tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week.