6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 06TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: EMMANUEL DESCARTES

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR AND HAZY.

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 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.8 MM.   AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: NIL.           

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 33.3 MM.   AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 20.4 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:41 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 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY 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 7:23 PM… LOW AT 12:27 AM. 

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 8:30 PM… LOW AT 1:54 AM.

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS WILL BRING A FEW

SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THAT AREA TOMORROW.

ANOTHER 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 EASTER CARIBBEAN

ISLANDS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED NEAR THE WEST AFRICAN COAST 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.