6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 28th September, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
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 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 78.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 35.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:54 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 10 mph or
17 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered
Showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:17 pm…Low at 4:21 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:24 pm…Low at 5:48 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central and southern portions of the Lesser Antilles. Further north, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles remains relatively moist and unstable to cause occasional cloudy periods with some showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the central and southern portions of our region, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 17.9 degrees north, longitude 55.0 degrees west or about 530 miles or 855 km east of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 130 mph or 215 km/h, with higher gusts. Sam is a category 4 hurricane. Although Hurricane Sam does not pose a direct threat to our region, swells generated by this system will impact the Lesser Antilles during the next several days.
Interests in the Leeward Islands are advised to continue monitoring the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
A broad area of low pressure, located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.
Another broad area of low pressure together with a tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system also has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.