6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 27th September, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 85%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 6.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 37.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 70.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 103.3 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am Sunset tomorrow: 5:55 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be light and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Cloudy at first becoming fair to occasionally cloudy, with few light to moderate showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:51 pm…High at 2:37 am…Low at 08:37 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:18 pm…High at 3:44 am…Low at 10:04 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward to central Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
A trough system will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunder-storms over the northern to central portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next 12 to 24 hours.
Tropical Storm Philippe remains over the open waters of the North Atlantic Islands. Philippe is moving toward the west near 5 mph or 7 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Interests in the Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A strong tropical wave associated with and area of low pressure, located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.