6:00 pm Weather 28th July, 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th July, 2021

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Nil           At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 135.4 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 119.2 mm.

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

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: Tonight, generally cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.  A gradual improvement is expected during tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:12 pm…Low at 1:04 am…High at 7:14 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:19 pm…Low at 2:31 am…High at 8:21 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central and southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is expected to begin affecting the Lesser Antilles from late Thursday.

Another tropical wave located in the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph 28 km/h.

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