6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 02nd August, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:31 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:42 pm…High at 4:29 am…Low at 11:04 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 11:09 pm…High at 5:36 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a surface trough, will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the first half of the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region from tomorrow evening.
Two other tropical waves located over the eastern and far eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 23 and 17 mph or 37 and 28 km/h, respectively.