6:00 pm Weather Report 22nd September, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 119.1 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 189.4 mm.    

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am            Sunset tomorrow: 5:58 pm.              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Generally fair skies, with a chance of brief isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:25 pm… Low at 1:44 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:32 pm… Low at 3:11 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy, with a few brief showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Light southeasterly to easterly winds will persist across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours. As a result, some localized showers may develop over some of the islands, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is slowly moving westward.

A second tropical wave emerging off the West African coast is moving slowly westward and has a medium chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.