6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTER: WEBSTER GAJADHAR

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 32 C OR 90 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.3 MM.            

AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: TRACE.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 152.1 MM.          

AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 147.5 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM.                                         

SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:32 PM.          

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 9:25 PM…HIGH AT 4:10 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:  LOW AT 10:52 PM…HIGH AT 5:17 AM.

SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 2 TO 5 FEET OR 0.6 TO 1.5 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE INCREASED CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.  THIS WAVE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND HAS A HIGH CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.

A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.