6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTERS: WEBSTER GAJADHAR

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: 64.3 MM.

AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 83.7 MM.   

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:45 AM.                                         

SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:35 PM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 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 6:29 PM…LOW AT 11:39 PM…HIGH AT 6:01 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 7:36 PM…LOW AT 1:06 AM… HIGH AT 7:08 AM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

WEAK UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE REGION IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION FROM TOMORROW NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

TWO OTHER TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.

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