6:00 pm Weather Report 04th August, 2023

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 04th August, 2023

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°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: trace.     At Hewanorra Airport: 2.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.2 mm.    At Hewanorra Airport: 3.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am        Sunset today: 6:30 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:48 pm…Low at 12:50 am…High at 7:14 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:16 pm…Low at 01:11 am…High at 7:23 am.

Seas: Moderate waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, gradually decrease and partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers is expected during the forecast period.                                        

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region from Sunday into Monday.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.