6:00 Am Weather Report

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 05th August, 2023

Forecaster:  Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.2 mm.

Sunset today: 6:30 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy, and hazy, with a few isolated showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and possible isolated thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at Present…Low at 12:20 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:23 am…Low at 01:47 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few isolated showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and possible isolated thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate a moderate wind flow with fair conditions over the region today. Thereafter, moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles will cause increased cloudiness with scattered light to moderate showers and possible isolated thunderstorms over the region, from tonight into tomorrow.                        

Another tropical wave located over the central 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.