6:00 pm Weather Report 05th July, 2022

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 05th July, 2022

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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 at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.            At GFL Charles Airport: 0.6 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 111.2 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 111.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:40 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 6:36 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS  

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with a few light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:37 pm…Low at 2:22 am…High at 8:28 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:44 pm…Low at 3:49 am…High at 9:35 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, to cloudy with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunder-storms tonight with a gradual improvement tomorrow over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with the passage of a weak tropical wave, will continue to some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.