6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 31st July, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is 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 from the southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 9.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 166.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 175.7 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the south and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:48 pm…High at 2:43 am…Low at 9:42 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:15 pm…High at 3:50 am…Low at 11:09 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern portion of the region. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
A broad area of low pressure located about 650 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands, has a high chance of tropical cyclone development during the next 48 hours. This system is moving toward the northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h and poses no direct threat to our region.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.