6:00 am Weather Report 26th August, 2019

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 26th AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTER: AVLON CHARLERY

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

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 EAST NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH OR 9 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL       

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 134.5 MM       

SUNSET TODAY: 6:19 PM                 SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH OR 41 KM/H WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS. THE WIND SPEED WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS TROPICAL STORM DORIAN MOVES CLOSER TO THE ISLAND.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AT FIRST, BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLOUDY, WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORIST IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE ADVISED TO BE VIGILANT AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 6:35 AM… HIGH AT 1:25 PM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 8:02 AM… HIGH AT 2:32 PM

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET OR 1.5 TO 2.4 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT. RESIDENTS IN COASTAL AREAS AND MARINE INTEREST ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT LUCIA, BARBADOS AND SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA, MARTINIQUE AND GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

AT 5:00 AM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 56.4 WEST, ABOUT 335 MILES OR 540 KILOMETERS EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ST. LUCIA. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.

A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN

IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH OR 95 KM/H, WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY TUESDAY, AS IT MOVES OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.

RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES ARE ASKED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.