6:00 pm Weather Report 31 July 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 31st July, 2021

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and slightly hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°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 northeast at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 2.9 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 144.4 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 127.5 mm.  

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am.    Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm.          

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east southeast near 20 mph or 32 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Fair and hazy skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 9:15 pm… Low at 04:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 10:22 pm… Low at 06:03 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 partly cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over our region will cause a few cloudy periods with showers around the islands during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves, located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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