6:00 pm Weather Report 26th August, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.0 mm     At GFL Charles Airport: 3.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 106.5 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 134.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 6:18 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 skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers at first, becoming fair and hazy from tomorrow afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:58 pm…Low at 5:27 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:05 pm…Low at 6:54 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers at first, becoming fair to partly cloudy and hazy from tomorrow afternoon.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave will continue to cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Eastern Caribbean region during the first half of the forecast period thereafter, mostly fair conditions will prevail.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.