6 am weather report 11th August 2020

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 11th August, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or

28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 18.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:27 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.                

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 21 mph or 37 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies during the morning, becoming increasingly cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from late afternoon into tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:06 am…Low at 2:22 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 10:13 am…Low at 3:49 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly across the central and southern Windward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An approaching tropical wave located east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to produce an increase in cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the region from today Tuesday into Wednesday.

A second tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic.  A tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or so while the disturbance moves westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic.