6:00 am Weather Report 24th August, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 9.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 153.5 mm.

Sunset today: 6:20 pm.                     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and southeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h becoming lighter or calm at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with periods of rain, moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms from late tonight.

Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are asked to be extremely vigilant.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:32 am…High at 2:55 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:59 am…High at 4:02 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 3 to 4 feet or 0.9 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Leewards and areas further south, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers at first becoming increasingly cloudy with periods of rain, moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms from late tonight. Elsewhere, partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving slowly westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h. This wave is expected to produce cloudy to overcast skies, heavy showers and thunderstorms mainly over the Windward and southern Leeward islands from late tonight into Saturday. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone development.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

A third tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa in a couple of days. Some slow development of this system is expected while it moves westward over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.