6:00 pm Weather Report 25 July 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 25th July, 2021

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is28°C or 82°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.2 mm     At GFL Charles: Nil.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 119.0 mm   At GFL Charles:106.9 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:46 am   Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.         

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some          scattered showers which may be heavy at times.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 10:12 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:32 pm… Low at 11:39 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave will produce some cloudy periods with showers over our region mainly during the night and morning.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Atlantic is moving westward at about 12 mph or 19 km/h.

A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to cause a reduction in air quality over the region during the next few days.