6:00 am Weather Report 11th September, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 23.3 mm.       

Sunset today: 6:08 pm.                                               Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:07 am…High at 4:27 pm.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:34 am…High at 5:34 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along an easterly wind flow will cause a few scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the western tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles on Monday into Tuesday.

Another tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

A third tropical wave is forecast to emerge off the west coast of Africa tomorrow. Some gradual development of this wave is possible during the next five days, while it moves generally westward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.