6:00 pm Weather Report 05th August, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with light haze.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair with light haze.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°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: trace.     At GFL Charles Airport: 2.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.2 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 5.5 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers tonight. An increase in cloudiness with scattered light to moderate showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms is expected from tomorrow.
 

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 7:55 pm…Low at 02:17 am…High at 8:21 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers at first. An increase in cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms is expected from tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow, will cause a few brief showers over the region tonight.

An approaching tropical wave, located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, will cause an increase in cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean region from tomorrow.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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