6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 26th September, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 32.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 50.5 mm.
Sunset today: 5:56 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east northeast and east near
9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:07 am….Low at 12:02 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:14 am….Low at 01:29 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Over the Leeward Islands, fair to partly cloudy skies 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 REMAINS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE…
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 13.8 degrees north, longitude 49.7 degrees west or about 940 miles or 1510 km east southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the west-northwest near 8 mph or 13 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph or 230 km/h, with higher gusts. Sam is now a category 4 hurricane and some fluctuations in intensity are expected during the next day or so. Sam is not expected to directly impact the islands, however swells generated by this system are forecast to reach the Lesser Antilles early this 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.