6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTER: WEBSTER GAJADHAR

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 27 C OR 81 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.8 MM.      

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 33.1 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:36 PM                           SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:41 AM            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT PRESENT…LOW AT 12:43 PM. 

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 7:05 AM…LOW AT 2:10 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 7 FEET OR 1.5 TO 2.1 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ASKED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE LOW LEVEL CLOUDS TO DRIFT OVER THE REGION, BRINGING A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.  THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE, ALSO LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC, IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.

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