6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 11th August, 2022

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 41.6 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 37.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 84.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 91.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 6:27 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers tonight, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:35 pm…High at 3:27 am.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:02 pm…High at 4:34 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers tonight, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with widely scattered showers tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions lingering over the region, will continue to cause a few scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles tonight.

A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region tomorrow.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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