6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 28th August, 2019
Forecaster: Avlon Charlery
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra airport is 30 c or 86 f.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32 c or 90 f.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: Trace GFL Charles Airport: 0.3 mm
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 150.4 mm GFL Charles Airport:179.1 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:17 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries HARBOUR: Low at 7:31 pm… High at 2:20 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:58 pm… High at 3:27 am
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 METRES.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy skies with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability left in the wake of Tropical Storm Dorian will continue to generate cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms over Northern portion of the Eastern Caribbean Islands during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Hurricane Dorian was located near latitude 18.5 north, longitude 65.5 west or about 45 miles or 70 kilometers northwest of St. Thomas. Dorian is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue during the next few days.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.Saharan dry air prevails in the wave’s environment at this time.