6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 09th July, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 22.4 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:42 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east northeast near
22 mph or 35 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy, hazy and breezy with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 12:57 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:10 am… Low at 02:24 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to
brisk winds and above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy, hazy and breezy with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds around the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days. Patches of low level clouds moving along this wind flow, will cause a few showers to develop over our region during the next 24 hours.
The presence of Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility
and air quality for the next couple of days.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.