Date: 06th September, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°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 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 8.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 22.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:12 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 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few brief scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:32 pm…High at 8:20 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 2:59 pm…High at 9:27 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the region during the next few days.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will continue to affect the southern portion of our region during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Lee was located near latitude 14.1 North, longitude 45.5 West or about 1200 miles or 1930 kilometres east of the northern Leeward Islands. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue for the next few days with a slight reduction in forward speed. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph or 110
km/h, with higher gusts. Rapid strengthening is forecast and Lee could become a hurricane later today and a major hurricane in a couple of days. Interests in the northern Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A strong tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 13 mph or 20 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.