6:00 am Weather Report 17th July, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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-northeast at 20 mph or

31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.9 mm.             

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 52.9 mm.       

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with some scattered showers which maybe heavy in some locations and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:48 am… High at 2:26 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:15 am… High at 3:33 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the central and extreme southern portion of the region. Elsewhere it will be partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A low level shearline, together with a tropical wave will produce cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the central and extreme southern portion 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 or 19km/h and 17 mph or 28km/h respectively.

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