6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 16th September, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 86%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 31.7 mm.
Sunset today: 6:04 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 9 mph or
15 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
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: Low at 10:10 am…High at 4:25 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:37 am…High at 5:32 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with some scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
Weak unstable conditions will cause some showers to develop mainly over the northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Depression Fifteen was located near latitude 17.9 north, longitude 45.3 west. The system is moving towards the north-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm later today and a hurricane early next week. Currently, it does not pose a direct threat to our region. However, interest in the northern Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantis is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.