WEATHER REPORT

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 05TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 25 C OR 77 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 24 MPH OR 39 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 24.1 MM.           

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 32.3 MM.            

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 11:56 AM… HIGH AT 6:37 PM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT PRESENT… LOW AT 1:23 PM

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

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ASKED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW BRIEF SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

THE TROPICAL WAVE IS DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE REGION AND AS A RESULT THIS WILL LEAD TO A MORE STABLE AND DRY ATMOSPHERE. THEREFORE, A DECREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.

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