6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTERS: WEBSTER GAJADHAR/LEMUEL O’SHAUGHNESSY

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 32 C OR 90 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 25 MPH OR 41 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.4 MM.            

AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.1 MM.    

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 77.0 MM.           

AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 101.8 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:46 AM.                                         

SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:34 PM.                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST NEAR 22 MPH OR 35 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY 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: HIGH AT 10:49 PM…LOW AT 6:04 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 11:56 PM…LOW AT 7:31 AM.

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

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY, WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

WEAK UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES WILL CAUSE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE 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 WAVE IS EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION FROM EARLY SUNDAY.

ANOTHER TWO TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

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