6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 14TH AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTER: E. FRANCIS

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 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: TRACE. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: TRACE.
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 24 MPH OR 39 KM/H, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY, 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 08:39 PM… HIGH AT 3:18 AM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 10:06 PM… HIGH AT 4:25 AM.
SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET OR 1.5 TO 2.4 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES. ELSEWHERE, FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

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

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