6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 24TH AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTERS: GLENN ANTOINE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR WITH LIGHT SHOWERS.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS.
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: 4.0 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 4.1 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 134.5 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 157.0 MM
SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:20 PM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.
WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH A FEW BRIEF ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 10:03 PM…LOW AT 5:34 AM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 11:10 PM…LOW AT 7:01 AM.
SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.5 METRES.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEAK UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL CLOUDINESS AND SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP, DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER FIVE HAS STRENGTHENED TO FOURTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2019 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON.
AT 5:00 PM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.7 NORTH, LONGITUDE 49.1 WEST, ABOUT 725 MILES OR 1165 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH OR 65 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT APPROACHES THE CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES ON TUESDAY.
RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES ARE ASKED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.