6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTERS: WEBSTER GAJADHAR/LEMUEL O’SHAUGHNESSY

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL            AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.3 MM. 

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 90.8 MM.        AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 114.8 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:50 AM.                                    SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:26 PM.                                                   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 22 MPH OR 35 KM/H.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW BRIEF SHOWERS TONIGHT. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS WITH SOME SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS IS EXPECTED FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 7:56 PM…HIGH AT 2:41 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 9:23 PM…HIGH AT 3:48 AM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS WITH SOME SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS IS EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES TOMORROW.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CAUSE A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD AT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION TOMORROW.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS ALSO MOVING WESTWARD AT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.

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