6 am weather 2nd August 2019

FORECASTER: VIGIL SALTIBUS

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY

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 AT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.1 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.1 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:32 PM         SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM.         

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 WITH A FEW GUSTS.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.  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 10:47 AM…HIGH AT 5:19 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 12:14 PM…HIGH AT 6:26 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET OR 1.2 TO 2.1 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

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

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.  SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE WITH A MODERATE CHANCE OF CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC.