6:00 am Weather Report 18th August, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.9 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 91.6 mm.

Sunset today: 6:24 pm.                                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.                                               

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:46 am…Low at 1:49 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:53 am…Low at 3:16 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a weak tropical wave, will produce some cloudy periods with scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period. 

Another tropical wave located over the western tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region from late Friday into Saturday.

A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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