6 AM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 20th August, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with thunderstorms.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 30.5 mm        

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 114.3 mm       

Sunset today: 6:23 pm         Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers which maybe heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms.

Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are advised to exercise caution.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:59 am… Low at 12:44 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:06 am… Low at 02:11 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central Lesser Antilles, generally cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms. Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers over the Leeward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability trailing a tropical wave, will continue to cause cloudy conditions with showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the central portion of the Lesser Antilles today.

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