6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 03 AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.
TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 32 C OR 90 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.9 MM. AT GFL CHARLES: 7.9 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.8 MM. AT GFL CHARLES: 9.2 MM
SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:31 AM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT PRESENT… LOW AT 11:19 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 7:07 PM… LOW AT 12:46 AM
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
PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE A FEW SHOWERY SPELLS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE LESSER ANTILLES NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H. 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 15 MPH TO 24 KM/H.
A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ALONG THE COAST OF AFRICA IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.