6:00 am Weather Report 28th July, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.               

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 135.4 mm.      

Sunset today: 6:33 pm     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered showers which may be heavy in some areas and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from late afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:26 am…Low at 12:51 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:33 am…Low at 02:18 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated Thunderstorms over the central and southern Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, skies will be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions associated with a trough system will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of our region during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.