6:00 pm Weather Report 22nd September, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 76 %.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.     At GFL Charles Airport: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 43.9 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 49.1 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am       Sunset tomorrow: 5:59 pm  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with scattered light to moderate showers and 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 8:21 pm… Low at 4:27 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:28 pm… Low at 5:54 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Leeward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with scattered light to moderate showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms. Over the nothern Leeward Islands fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave expected to cause occasional cloudiness, scattered light to moderate showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the central and southern portions of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.