6:00 pm Weather Report 12th July, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.3 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 25.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 71.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 102.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:42 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:36 pm.              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair and hazy occasionally becoming cloudy, with a few isolated showers.

Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:49 pm…Low at 7:07 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:21 pm… High at 12:56 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas and reduced visibility.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

A plume of Saharan dust will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.


Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward.