6:00 am Weather Report 16th Sept, 2021

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 16th September, 2021

Forecaster: Avlon Charlery

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair 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 15 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm                

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.4 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 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a few isolated 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 6:34 am… High at 1:25 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:01 am… High at 2:32 pm

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

A strong tropical wave, located over the central Tropical Atlantic, has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days, as it moves west to west northwest near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

A third tropical wave, about to come off the West African coast, is moving into an environmental conducive to further development. This system has a low chance of further development within the next five days.