6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 28th August, 2022
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
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 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 221.5 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 and east-southeast near 15 mph or
24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:10 pm… High at 4:44 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 11:37 pm… Next high at 5:51 am
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A weak tropical wave will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic,
is moving slowly westward at 5 to 10 mph or 7 to 17 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone development during the next five days and is expected to be in the vicinity of the Leeward Islands next weekend.
A third tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa tomorrow. Some slow development of this system is expected during the next five days while it moves westward over the eastern tropical Atlantic.