6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 06th September, 2022
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light rain.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.5 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 13.8 mm
Sunset today: 6:11 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and southeast
near 14 mph or 22 km/h becoming light and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy, 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: Low at 6:44 am … High at 1:38 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:11 am… High at 2:45 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere over our region will result in some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude
23.4 North, longitude 65.4 West. Earl is moving toward the north near 7 mph or 11 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph or 100 km/h, with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast and Earl could become a hurricane later this week.
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 associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone development within during the next five days.