6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 25th August, 2022
Forecasters: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers and thunderstorms.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 5.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 158.5 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 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 is in effect for Saint Lucia until 4:00 pm on 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 9:04 am… High at 3:22 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:31 am… High at 4:29 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast skies with periods of rain, moderate to heavy showers
and thunderstorms over the southern Leeward Islands and areas further south.
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 over the Windward and southern Leeward islands during the forecast period. 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 located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next five days.