6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 06th September, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. 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.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:11 pm.
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 partly cloudy skies, with a few isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:20 pm…Low at 4:10 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:27 pm…Low at 5:37 am.
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 widely 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 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Lee was located near latitude 14.9 North, longitude 46.4 West or about 1130 miles or 1815 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 have increased to near 75 mph or 120 km/h, with higher gusts. Continued steady to rapid strengthening is forecast and Lee is expected to become a major hurricane in a day or two. 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 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.