6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 26TH SEPTEMBER, 2018
FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR AND HAZY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 28 C OR 82 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.3 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 42.1 MM.
SUNSET TODAY: 5:57 PM
SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:53 AM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H.
WEATHER: FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT 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 10:04 AM… HIGH AT 4:25 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 11:31 AM… HIGH AT 5:32 PM.
SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND SWELLS 5 TO 8 FEET OR 1.5 TO 2.4 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
…KIRK REGENERATES INTO A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAINT LUCIA..
AT 5:00 AM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIRK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 52.7 WEST OR 503 MILES OR 810 KILOMETERS EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAINT LUCIA. KIRK IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, KIRK IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH BARBADOS AND THE WINDWARD ISLANDS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH OR 75 KM/H, WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AFTER KIRK EMERGES OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN AND AROUND SAINT LUCIA AND THE REST OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF KIRK.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIS IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.
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