6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 17th July, 2022
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 50.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 174.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:44 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east and east-northeast near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy, hazy and breezy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:08 am…Low at 12:42 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:15 am…Low at 02:09 pm.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the far southern windward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair, hazy and breezy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean during the forecast period.
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave will continue to cause periods of cloudiness, scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the far southern Eastern Caribbean, during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 23 mph or 37 km/h. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.