WEATHER REPORT

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 15TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE/HYACINTHIA CAMILLE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

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: 1.5 MM          AT GFL CHARLES: 8.9 MM

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 92.3 MM         AT GFL CHARLES: 123.7 MM

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:50 AM           SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:25 PM                                              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY, WITH A FEW BRIEF SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 09:19 PM… HIGH AT 03:53 AM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 10:46 PM… HIGH AT 05:00 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, ABOVE NORMAL SEAS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

GENERALLY FAIR AND HAZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN LESSER ANTILLES.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A LAYER OF SAHARAN DUST WILL CAUSE A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AROUND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE ALONG THE WEST AFRICAN COAST IS SLOWLY MOVING WESTWARD.

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