6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 04th September, 2022
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
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 south-southeast at 12 mph or 19km/h
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 2.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 2.3 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:12 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and south near 14 mph or 22 km/h, with gusts near showers.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers, some of which may be heavy, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding are advised to be vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 9:47 pm…Low at 5:38 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:54 pm…Low at 7:05 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms associated with Tropical Storm Earl, will continue to affect the northern Leeward Islands during the next 24 hours. Moisture and instability trailing this system, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the remainder of our region during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude 20.0 degrees north, longitude 65.2 degrees west or about 110 miles or 180 kilometres north of the northern Leeward Islands. Earl is moving toward the northwest near 5 mph or 7 km/h. On the forecast track, Earl is expected to move slowly northward and away from the region. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts and Earl could become a hurricane later this week.
A tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure, is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. This system is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. An area of low pressure could form along this wave later this week, and some gradual development is possible as this system moves generally west-northwestward over the eastern to central tropical Atlantic during the next five days.