6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 29th July, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is29°C or 84°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.8 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 0.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 141.2 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 119.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am       Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and possibly  isolated thunderstorms, from tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:49 pm… Low at 2:11 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:56 pm… Low at 3:38 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few brief scattered showers tonight. Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave, will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across the Lesser Antilles from tomorrow.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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