6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 06th September, 2023
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°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
13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 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 the east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:25 am…Low at 1:32 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:32 am…Low at 2:59 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 some scattered showers and 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 the region during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Lee was located near latitude 13.7 North, longitude 44.6 West or about 1265 miles or 2040 kilometres east southeast 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. Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph or 100 km/h, with higher gusts. Lee is forecast to become a hurricane later today and a major hurricane in a couple of days. Interests in the Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A strong tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.