6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT 17 AUGUST 2019

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 17TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTERS: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 27 C OR 81 F.

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 29 C OR 84 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH OR 20 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 8.8 MM.      AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 6.4 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 122.3 MM.     AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 142.0 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM   SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:24 PM.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 29 KM/H.

WEATHER: GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS, WHICH MAY BE HEAVY,  AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT PRESENT… LOW AT 10:38 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 6:19 PM… LOW AT 12:05 AM.

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME SHOWERY PERIODS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.