6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 02nd July,2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
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 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.9 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:40 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:35 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times, with a few isolated showers
tonight, becoming increasingly cloudy, with scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:58 pm… High at 2:46 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:25 pm… High at 3:53 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few isolated showers tonight, becoming increasingly cloudy, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms by tomorrow morning.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles remains sufficiently moist and unstable to support a few showers over some islands tonight.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region from tomorrow into Tuesday.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.