6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 29th August, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair with light haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°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
15 mph or 24 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 204.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 353.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:16 pm.

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 22 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies 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 8:09 pm…Low at 3:48 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:16 pm…Low at 5:15 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 skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A weak tropical wave is located over the Lesser Antilles. No significant rainfall is associated with this wave.

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

At 5:00 pm today, Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 19.7 degrees north, longitude 50.4 degrees west or about 770 miles east northeast of the Leeward Islands. The depression continues to move northward and is expected to remain over the open Atlantic. The depression does not pose a threat to the Eastern Caribbean region.