6:00 pm Weather Report 30th August, 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 30th August, 2021

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 calm.

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: 6:15 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the south-southeast and east near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming calm at times.

Weather: Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:08 pm…Low at 5:05 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 10:15 pm…Low at 6:32 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region will cause a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly across the central and southern portion of the Lesser Antilles 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.

A third active tropical wave in the far eastern Tropical Atlantic has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.