6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 26 JULY 2019

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 26TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTERS: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS.

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

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 28 C OR 82 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.4 MM             

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 76.6 MM      

SUNSET TODAY: 6:34 PM.   SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:46 AM.                

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.

WEATHER: FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY, 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: LOW AT PRESENT… HIGH AT 11:20 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 6:29 AM… HIGH AT 12:27 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 ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

GENERALLY FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE SOME SHOWERY PERIODS AROUND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED NEAR THE WEST AFRICAN COAST IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.

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