6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 17th September, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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 33°C or 91°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 6 mph
or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 31.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport : 34.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:03 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east-northeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter, variable or calm at times.
Weather: Generally fair skies.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:06 pm…High at 5:37 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 12:33 am…high at 6:44 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
Unstable conditions associated with a trough system, will continue to cause some showers and possibly thunderstorms to develop mainly over the northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.