Tropical Storm Nigel forms over the Central Atlantic

By SLUMET

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 84%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 31.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:03 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east-northeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter, variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few light showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:33 am…High at 4:50 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 12:00 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 at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
Unstable conditions associated with a trough system, will continue to cause some showers and possibly thunderstorms to develop mainly over the northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.

…Tropical Storm Nigel forms over the Central Atlantic…
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Nigel was located near latitude 23.0 north, longitude 48.6 west or about 980 miles or 1575 kilometers northeast of the Lesser Antilles. Nigel is moving towards the north-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph or 85 km/h,
with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours and Nigel is expected to become a hurricane on Monday. Nigel poses no direct threat to our region.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.