6 am weather report 27th July 2019

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FORECASTERS: VIGIL SALTIBUS/HYACINTHIA CAMILLE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.

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

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

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH OR 26 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: 5:47 AM.               

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: PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT FIRST. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SHOWERS MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS.         

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 6:04 AM…HIGH AT 12:41 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 7:31 AM…HIGH AT 01:48 PM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT FIRST BECOMING GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARDS. ELSEWHERE, FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.

ANOTHER TWO TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.

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