6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 5TH 2013...FORECASTERS...GLEN ALBERT & E.
FRANCIS.
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA......PARTLY CLOUDY.
AT GFL CHARLES....CLOUDY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA.................28 C OR 82 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA....26 C OR 79 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KH/H.
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 2:00 AM AT HEWANORRA.........3.7 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA.....38.0 MM.
SUNSET TODAY.....6:13 PM.........SUNRISE TOMORROW.....5:55 AM.
FORECAST FOR ST. LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
WINDS.....EAST SOUTHEASTERLY NEAR 13 MPH OR 20 KM/H.
WEATHER...PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA.
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...LOW AT 8:25 AM...HIGH AT 2:46 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....LOW AT 9:52 AM...HIGH AT 3:53 PM.
SEAS....SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.8 METRES.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES.
PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A SURFACE TROUGH IS CAUSING CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
LESSER ANTILLES.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD
NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING
WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.
AT 11:00 PM LAST NIGHT TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN WAS UPGRADED TO TROPICAL
STORM GABRIELLE.
AT 5:00 AM TODAY THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.9 WEST. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH OR 13 KM/H AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH OR 65 KM/H WITH
HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
THIS SYSTEM POSES NO THREAT TO ST. LUCIA.