6:00 am Weather Report 1st September, 2021

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 1st September, 2021

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the north at 6 mph or 9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 205.2 mm

Sunset today: 6:15 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies with a few 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 6:11 am…High at 1:00 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:38 am…High at 2:07 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central and southern Windward Islands, partly cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions ahead of an approaching tropical wave will produce some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A weak tropical wave, a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to begin affecting the region later today and into tomorrow Thursday.

Another tropical wave located over the central Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical Depression Twelve has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Larry.

At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Larry, was located near latitude 12.3 degrees north, longitude 24.8 degrees west. Larry is moving toward the west near 20 mph or 31 km/h.  The system is forecast to become a hurricane by late Thursday or Friday.  At present, Larry remains far east of the Eastern Caribbean region and is expected to linger over open waters of the Atlantic over the next five days.