6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 15th September, 2022
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 25.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:05 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers 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 6:26 am…Low at 11:43 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:22 am…Low at 01:42 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.6 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms across the northen Windwards and Leeward Islands. Further south, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with som scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and instability associated with the leading edge of the recently upgraded Tropical cyclone Fiona will produce an increase in cloudiness and showers with possible isolated thunderstorms across the northern and central Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.
At 9:00 pm last night, Tropical Depression Seven strengthened into the 6th Tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season, Tropical Storm Fiona. At 5:00 am, the center of Tropical Storm Fiona was located near latitude 16.6 North, longitude 53.0 West. Fiona is moving toward the west near 13 mph or 20 km/h, and this general motion is expected to continue during the next few days. On the forecast track, the center of the storm is forecast to move through the Leeward Islands late Friday and Friday night, and be near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next few days.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km) east of the center.
Tropical storm watch is in effect for the islands from Monserrat and islands further north.
A tropical wave located over the central and far eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/ and 6 mph or 9 km/h.