6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT 05 AUGUST 2019

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 05TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTERS: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 26 C OR 78 F.

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 30 C OR 86 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 08 MPH OR 13 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 30.1 MM.        AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 28.8 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 71.4 MM.        AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 44.1 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:49 AM    SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:30 PM.   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H, BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS, WHICH MAY BE HEAVY  IN SOME LOCATIONS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 7:27 PM… LOW AT 01:32 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 8:34 PM… LOW AT 02:59 AM.

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE WAKE OF A TROPICAL WAVE, WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME SHOWERY PERIODS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TWO OTHER TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH TO 28 KM/H.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.