6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 1st September, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

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 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 10 mph or

17 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 so far:

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

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.        Sunset tomorrow: 6:14 pm.

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 and variable at times.

Weather: Fair skies, 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 08:56 pm… High at 3:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:23 pm… High at 4:42 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 northern and southern Lesser Antilles.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean, will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms over some of the islands, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over our region from late Wednesday into Thursday.

Two other tropical waves located over the Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 17 and 12 mph or 28 and 19 km/h, respectively.