6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 13th September, 2021

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.7 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 3.0 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.9 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 17.5 mm.     

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 6:05 pm. 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times 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: High at 8:26 pm…Low at 4:08 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:33 pm…Low at 5:35 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability trailing a surface trough will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over our region this evening.

A tropical wave located just east of the Lesser Antilles, is expected to cause some cloudy periods with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the region from late tonight into tomorrow.

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

A third tropical wave located just off the West African coast, has a high chance of cyclone formation during the next five days as it moves westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.