6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 24th September, 2021
Forecaster: Avlon Charlery
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil At GFL Charles Airport: trace
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: 5:57 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers, which may be heavy in some areas, and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:03 am… High at 6:23 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 01:30 am… High at 7:30 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a trough system coupled with a light wind regime, will generate occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 12.1 degrees north, longitude 44.8 degrees west or about 1290 miles or 2075 km east of the Lesser Antilles. Sam is moving toward the west near 12 mph or 19 km/h and this motion is expected to continue through tonight, a turn toward the west-northwest is expected over the weekend. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 85 mph or 140 km/h with higher gust. Rapid intensification is forecast to continue, and Sam is likely to become a major hurricane by Saturday.
Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands are advised to continue to monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.