6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 03 AUGUST 2019

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY 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 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.6 MM.     

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.7 MM.     

SUNSET TODAY: 6:31 PM.    SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

WEATHER: FAIR AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SCATTERED

         SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT PRESENT… LOW AT 11:28 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 6:08 AM… LOW AT 12:55 PM.

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

CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AROUND THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE A FEW SHOWERY SPELLS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.                                                                                                                                                                                               

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TROPICAL WAVE IS POSSIBLE AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY NEXT WEEK AS IT APPROACHES THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THOSE ISLANDS FROM LATE SUNDAY CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.
 

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH TO 19 KM/H.