6:00 pm Weather Report 04th September, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.          At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 13.8 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 the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Generally fair and hazy.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:39 pm… Low at 1:38 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:46 pm… Low at 3:05 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few isolated showers over the Leeward and Windward Islands. Over Trinidad and Tobago, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly to east-southeasterly winds across the region during the next few days.

The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is expected to affect the extreme southern portion of the region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days.