6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 29th August, 2021
Forecaster: Thomas Auguste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 204.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:17 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 14 mph or 23 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, with a few scattered showers mainly during the morning.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution due to the presence of Saharan dust.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:34 am… Low at 1:34 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:41 am… Low at 3:01 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Grenadines southward to Trinidad and Tobago, it will be generally cloudy with some showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, it will be generally fair and hazy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Eastern Caribbean region over the next couple of days.
Moisture and instability associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), will cause some cloudy spells with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern section of our region during the next 24 hours.
A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This system is not expected to cause significant rainfall during its passage over the islands.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 17.3 degrees north, longitude 49.8 degrees west or about 790 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The depression is moving toward the north near 10 mph or 17 km/h. This system is expected to remain over the open Atlantic and not pose a threat to the Eastern Caribbean region.