6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTER: WEBSTER GAJADHAR

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 26 C OR 79 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH OR 26 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.3 MM.   

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 89.7 MM.    

SUNSET TODAY: 6:28 PM.                                               SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:50 AM.     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 7:24 AM…HIGH AT 2:11 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 8:51 AM…HIGH AT 3:18 PM.

SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.5 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DRY SAHARAN AIR IS INHIBITING CLOUDINESS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.

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