6 AM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 13th September, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 9.0 mm         

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 14.7 mm        

Sunset today: 6:06 pm          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am   

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 at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered 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: High at 09:32 am… Low at 1:34 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 10:39 am… Low at 3:01 pm

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central Windward and Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK  

A surface trough will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the central and northern portions of our region, during the forecast period.

Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are both moving westward at about 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Another tropical wave is forecast to move off the West African coast today. This wave has a medium chance of further development, as it moves westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.