6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 03RD JULY, 2019
FORECASTER: E. FRANCIS

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.
TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 31 C OR 88 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: NIL.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.9 MM. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.6 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:40 AM. SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:36 PM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H, WITH OCCASIONAL STRONG GUSTS TOMORROW.
WEATHER: AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. GENERALLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 9:32 PM… HIGH AT 04:14 AM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 6:14 PM… LOW AT 10:59 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 ASKED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
GENERALLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FROM TOMORROW OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES. ELSEWHERE, FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION IS EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, GUSTY WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THAT AREA BY TOMORROW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.