6 pm Weather Report for 27th August 2022

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 27th August, 2022

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 9.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 220.9 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 303.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am..      Sunset tomorrow: 6:18 pm.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 15 mph or

24 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy tonight, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered

         showers tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:29 pm… High at 4:05 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:56 pm… High at 5:12 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles will 

cause some scattered showers over the Eastern Caribbean region from tomorrow. 

This wave is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

An elongated area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave over the central 

Tropical Atlantic currently has a medium chance of Tropical cyclone development during the next five days. This system could develop into a Tropical Depression by the middle of next week as it moves in the direction of the Leeward Islands at 10 to 15 mph or 17 to 24 km/h.