6 pm weather report 12th September 2018

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H TONIGHT WITH A SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST BY TOMORROW AT 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND/OR LANDSLIDES ARE ADVISED TO BE VIGILANT TO EXERCISE CAUTION.

 MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT PRESENT…LOW AT 11:47 PM…HIGH AT 6:16 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 6:38 PM…LOW AT 01:14 AM…HIGH AT 7:23 AM.

SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND NORTHERLY SWELLS 6 TO 8 FEET OR 1.8 TO 2.4 METRES

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO EXPECTED BRISK WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS, AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, STORM FORCE WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS.  ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKIES AND BRISK WINDS, SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LESSER ANTILLES TODAY.

AT 5:00 PM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE

15.4 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 56.6 DEGREES WEST WHICH IS ABOUT 309 MILES OR 498

KILOMETERS NORTHEAST OF SAINT LUCIA. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES, NEAR DOMINICA ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA BY THE WEEKEND.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH OR 95 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR SAINT LUCIA, HOWEVER RESIDENTS

ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.

AT 5:00 PM TODAY, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE

21.4 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 36.7 DEGREES WEST OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL

ATLANTIC AND CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC WATERS AND POSE NO THREAT TO SAINT LUCIA AND THE REST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.