6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 20th September, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 24°C or 75°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:01 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east southeast and south near
8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter, variable or calm at times.
Weather: Generally fair 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: Low at 09:14 am…High at 3:36 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:41 am…High at 4:43 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with Tropical Storm Peter will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Peter was located near latitude
19.1 north, longitude 59.5 west or about 245 miles or 390 kilometres east northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Peter is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. On the forecast track, the centre of Peter is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands early this week. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Interests in the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Rose was located over the eastern tropical Atlantic near latitude 15.9 north, longitude 32.6 west. Rose is moving toward the northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Rose is expected to remain over the open Atlantic during the next five days.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving
westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.