6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 24th August, 2022
Forecasters: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
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 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 158.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 217.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:20 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, with gusts near showers.
Weather: Cloudy to overcast at times with periods of rain, moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms.
A flood alert has been issued for Saint Lucia from 2 am Thursday to 4:00 pm Friday. Therefore 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 7:27 pm… High at 2:10 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:54 pm… High at 3:17 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the southern Leeward Islands and areas further south, Cloudy to overcast skies with periods of rain, moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms. Elsewhere, partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A slow moving tropical wave, along with a broad trough of low pressure, 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 17 mph or 28 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 at 10 to 15 mph over the Tropical Atlantic, during the next five days.