6:00 pm Weather Report for 28th July 2022

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th July, 2022

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is Fair.

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 30°C or 86°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 20 mph

or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.1 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 1.0 mm

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 204.8 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 237.4 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:33 pm.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Generally fair and hazy.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:58 pm… High at 3:40 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High at present… Low at 10:25 pm…

Next high: 4:47 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally fair with light haze and a chance of a few brief showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Drier and more stable conditions will prevail over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period, 

as the low-level trough which affected the region earlier, moves further away.

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

This wave is expected to affect mainly the Leeward Islands from late Friday.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during

the next five days.