6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 29th August, 2022
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.
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 32°C or 90°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: 1.0 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 5.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 222.5 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 309.3 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset today: 6:16 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with light dust haze and a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:54 pm…High at 5:26 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:18 pm…Low at 12:21 am…High at 6:33 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers over the Leeward to central Windward Islands. Further south, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure system will generate a relatively drier and more stable atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean region. Patches of low level clouds, drifting a long a moderate easterly wind flow will result in a few showers across the region during the next 24 hours.
A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 10 mph or 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 northern Leeward Islands during the weekend.
Another tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa tonight. Some gradual development of this system is possible during the next five days, while it moves generally westward across the eastern Tropical Atlantic.