6 pm Weather Report for 15th August 2022

6:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 15th August, 2022

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport 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 at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.                     At GFL Charles Airport: Trace.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.2 mm.                   At GFL Charles Airport: 102.6 mm

 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.                        Sunset tomorrow: 6:25 pm.                        

 FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming

lighter at times.

Weather: Generally fair and hazy.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 12:23 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:28 pm… Low at 1:50 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A light to moderate easterly wind flow will prevail across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

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

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.