6:00 am Weather Report

Forecasters: Webster Gajadhar / Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with light showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra airport is 26 c or 79 f.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25 c or 77 f.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 9 mph or 15 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.5 mm

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 152.9 mm

Sunset today: 6:17 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to occasionally 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 8:56 am…High at 3:28 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:23 am…High at 4:35 pm

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the low levels of the atmosphere over the region,will cause a few showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

At 5:00 am today, the center of Hurricane Dorian was located near latitude 20.5 north, longitude 66.6 west or about 150 miles or 240 kilometers north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dorian is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue through Friday.

A weak tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region on Saturday.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.