6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 25th September, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 9.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 31.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:56 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 12:50 am…High at 7:07 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:59 pm…Low at 02:17 am…High at 8:14 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Over the Leeward Islands, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a trough system, coupled with a light wind regime, will continue to generate occasional cloudy periods with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
…SAM RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES TO A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE…
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 13.3 degrees north, longitude 48.5 degrees west or about 840 miles or 1350 km east of the Lesser Antilles. Sam is moving toward the west-northwest near 10 mph or 17 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 140 mph or 220 km/h, with higher gusts. Sam is now a category 4 hurricane and additional strengthening is expected through tonight. Sam is not expected to directly impact the islands, however swells generated by this system are forecast to reach the Lesser Antilles early next week.
Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands are advised to continue monitoring the progress of this system.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.