6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 21 AUGUST 2019

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 21ST AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTER: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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

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

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: TRACE.                         

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 125.4 MM.               

SUNSET TODAY: 6:22 PM    SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM.             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST NORTHEAST AND EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H, BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 7:11 AM… LOW AT 12:51 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 8:18 AM… LOW AT 2:18 PM.

SEAS: SLIGHT WITH WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET OR 0.6 TO 1.2 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A LOW LEVEL TROUGH WILL CAUSE SOME CLOUDY PERIODS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS TOMORROW.  

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H.