Date: 21st September, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
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 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:59 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Generally fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few brief scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:55 pm… High at 4:28 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:22 pm… High at 5:35 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak low-level instability in the vicinity of the Lesser Antilles will cause a few showery periods, during the next 24 hours.
..Peter Now A Depression..
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Depression Peter was located near latitude 20.5 north, longitude 65.0 west or about 160 miles or 260 kilometres north-northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico. Peter is moving toward the west-northwest near 8 mph or 13 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. Additional weakening is forecast over the next several days. Peter poses no direct threat to the Eastern Caribbean region.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Rose was located near latitude 22.5 north, longitude 37.7 west. Rose is moving toward the northwest near 10 mph or 17 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Rose could decay into a tropical depression this evening. Rose is expected to remain over the open Atlantic.
A strong tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.