6:00 pm Weather Report 1st August, 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 01st August, 2021

Forecaster: Avlon Charlery

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and slightly hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and slightly hazy.

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 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil             At GFL Charles: trace

Total rainfall for the month of August:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil            At GFL Charles: nil

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am             Sunset tomorrow:6:31 pm   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:08 pm… Low at 5:43 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:15 pm… Low at 7:10 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward Islands and extreme southern portion of the region, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic high pressure system will maintain generally fair conditions over the Windward Islands, over the next few days.

Weak unstable conditions in the mid to lower atmosphere, will cause a few cloudy periods with showers over the Leeward Islands during the next 24 hours.

A tropical waves located over the western Atlantic is moving westward at about 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Two other 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.