6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 14th September, 2024
Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
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 79%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 89.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:05 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered 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: Low at 7:07 am… High at 1:46 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:34 am… High at 2:53 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 widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over portions of the region, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, Tropical storm Gordon was located near latitude 20.1 north, longitude 40.9 west. Gordon is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Some weakening is anticipated over the next day or so and Gordon is forecast to become a depression by early Sunday. This system poses no threat to our region at this time.
A second tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.