6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 21st September, 2023

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75 %.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 39.2 mm.

Sunset today: 6:00 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:22 am…Low at 12:25 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:29 am…Low at 1:52 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations, and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability over the Eastern Caribbean region, will continue to cause periods of cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

A weak tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region late Friday into Saturday.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

A third tropical wave, located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.