6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTERS: WEBSTER GAJADHAR/LEMUEL O’SHAUGHNESSY

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH MODERATE SHOWERS.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 26 C OR 79 F.

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

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH OR 43 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 MPH OR 65 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 14.7 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 113.6 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:25 PM.                                               SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H, WITH GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS.

WEATHER: MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE HEAVY, AND THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE ASKED TO BE VIGILANT AND EXERCISE CAUTION.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 10:58 AM…HIGH AT 5:12 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 12:25 PM…HIGH AT 6:19 PM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE HEAVY, AND THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.