6:00 Pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 06th September, 2024

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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 32°C or 90°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southwest at 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.1 mm.             At GFL Charles Airport: 1.5 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 51.7 mm       At GFL Charles Airport: 17.9 mm.  

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am             Sunset tomorrow: 6:10 pm                                         

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and southwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming variable and calm at times.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few brief 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 present…Low at 11:43 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:27 pm…Low at 01:10 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few isolated showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An upper-level trough together with an approaching tropical wave, is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness, scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly over the northern half of the region, during the forecast period. The wave is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This wave also has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.