6:00 am Weather Report 26 July 2021

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 26th July, 2021

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 11.2 mm.  

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 130.2 mm. 

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing the from between east-northeast and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some          scattered showers mainly during the morning.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:36 am… High at 6:01 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 1:03 pm… High at 7:08 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly during the morning.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

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

An area of Saharan dust haze is expected to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality over our region during the next few days.