6:00 pm Weather Report 18th Sept, 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 18th September, 2021

Forecaster: Avlon Charlery

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 6 mph or

9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 1.5

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 18.0 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 21.6 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am             Sunset tomorrow: 6:01 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 7 mph or 11 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:34 pm… High at 2:24 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:01 pm… High at 3:31 am

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and north Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Saharan dust will cause a reduction in visibility over the Lesser Antilles.

A tropical wave with an associated area of low pressure is located less than 650 miles or 1050 kilometres east southeast of the Leeward islands. A tropical depression is likely to form later tonight or tomorrow, as the system continues to move toward the west-northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic, has a medium or 40 percent chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days, as it moves westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.