6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 08th August, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy 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 at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm. At GFL Charles: 1.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.2 mm. At GFL Charles: 15.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:28 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east northeast near
17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some
scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:55 pm… Low at 1:01 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:02 pm… Low at 2:28 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave is expected to generate an increase in cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the southern part of the region during the forecast period.

Another tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic is moving
westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. A third tropical wave located over the far Eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward.