6:00 am Weather Report – Saint Lucia Meteorological Services

6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 31st August, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

Sunset today: 6:15 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near
8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter, variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered 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 11:48 am…Low at 3:30 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:32 am…High at 12:55 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves near 3 feet or 0.9 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region will cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly across the central and southern portions of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is drifting westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

A third tropical wave over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, just off the west coast of Africa has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days. This system is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.