6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 08th July, 2021
Forecaster: Avlon Charlery
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil At GFL Charles Airport: 0.3 mm
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 60.8 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 64.2 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:41 am Sunset tomorrow:6:36 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution due to reduced air quality.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:01 pm…High at 2:42 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:28 pm…High at 3:49 am
Seas: Locally rough with waves 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to rough seas, brisk winds and reduced visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy, hazy and windy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure system will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean during the next couple of days. Low level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few scattered showers over the region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness with showers and isolated thunderstorms over Trinidad and Tobago and areas further south during the next 24 hours.
Two other tropical waves located over the eastern and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.
The alert level at the La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent remains at Orange. Interests in Saint Lucia and the south-eastern Caribbean region are advised to continue monitoring official sources for updates.