6:00 pm Weather Report 16th July, 2020

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 16th July, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

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-southeast at 15 mph or

24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: nil.    

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 50.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 40.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:44 am            Sunset tomorrow: 6:36 pm.  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 12:35 am…Low at 7:48 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:22 pm…High at 01:42 am…Low at 9:15 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers over the northern Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago.  Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave will cause some scattered showers mainly over the central and extreme southern portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Two other tropical waves located over the Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph(19km/h) and 17 mph(28km/h) respectively.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.