6:00 am Weather Report 31st July, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 210.1 mm.

Sunset today: 6:32 pm.                                               Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am.      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Partly cloudy, hazy and breezy becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:33 am…High at 6:00 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at present…Low at 1:00 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 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 southern Windward Islands and areas further south, mostly cloudy with showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, partly cloudy, hazy and breezy becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave will continue to produce cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern 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.