6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 29th September, 2021
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly 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 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 74.5 mm At GFL Charles: nil
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 152.6 mm At GFL Charles: 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 southeast near 9 mph or 15 km/h becoming variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers which may be heavy in some locations 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 09:34 pm…Low at 5:32 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:41 pm…Low at 6:59 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 to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The atmosphere over the region remains sufficiently moist and unstable to generate a few cloudy periods with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the central and southern portions of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 20.2 degrees north, longitude 57.6 degrees west or about 385 miles or 620 kilometres east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h and will pass well to the east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands through tonight. Maximum sustained winds are near 130 mph or 215 km/h, with higher gusts. Although Hurricane Sam does not pose a direct threat to the region, swells generated by this system will impact the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next couple of days.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave is expected to be near the Lesser Antilles by late Friday.
An area of low pressure located over central tropical Atlantic has a low chance for tropical cyclone development during the next five days.
At 5:00 pm today, newly formed Tropical Storm Victor was located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic. Victor is moving towards the west-northwest with a turn towards northwest in the next couple of days. On this current forecast track, Victor does not pose a direct threat to the islands of the Lesser Antilles.