6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 27th September, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 85%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 143.7 mm.

Sunset today: 5:55 pm.            Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, 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 at 6:41 am…High at 1:22 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:08 am…High at 2:29 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the Windward Islands and areas further south.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure, is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days, as it moves westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.