6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 03rd September, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 80%.

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 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.4 mm.       

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 45.1 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 16.4 mm                      

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am        Sunset tomorrow: 6:12 pm                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:45 pm… High at 4:14 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 11:12 pm… High at 5:21 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, during the next few days. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow will cause widely scattered showers over the region, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.

A second tropical wave located over the eastern 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.