6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT 30 JULY 2019

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 30TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 30 C OR 86 F.

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 31 C OR 88 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 13 MPH OR 20 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL.    AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 7.6 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 147.7 MM.  AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 146.4 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:47 AM.   SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:32 PM.                 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 16 MPH OR 26 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY 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: LOW AT 7:39 PM… HIGH AT 2:27 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 9:06 PM… HIGH AT 3:34 AM.

SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.8 METRES TODAY.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TRAILING A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TWO TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS ALSO MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H. THIS WAVE HAS A LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.