6:00 am Weather Report 15th September, 2021

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 15th September, 2021

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.         

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.9 mm.       

Sunset today: 6:04 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a few 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 present…High at 12:32 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 6:55 am…High at 01:39 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low level clouds drifting along an easterly wind flow will produce a few brief showers across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A plume of Saharan dust will cause a reduction in air quality and visibility over the region during the next couple of days.

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

A strong tropical wave, located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two to five days, as it moves westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h.