6:00 am Weather Report 18th Sept’24

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 18th September, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 93%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 pm last night:

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.1 mm

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 110.7 mm

Sunset today: 6:02 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am                     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few 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: 9:28 am… High: 3:48 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low: 10:55 am… High: 4:55 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Light winds will persist across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.

The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and a surface to low-level trough will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the central southern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours. A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.