6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 pm  WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 31ST MAY, 2019

FORECASTER: EMMANUEL DESCARTES

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 25 C OR 77 F.

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 30 C OR 86 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.1 MM    AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 50.4 MM

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 19.5 MM    AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 61.6 MM

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:24 AM             SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:28 PM.                      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS, AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

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

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 7:17 PM…HIGH AT 1:47 AM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 8:44 PM…HIGH AT 2:54 AM

SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.5 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, PERIODS OF RAIN AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATED

WITH A DEVELOPING TROUGH SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.