6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 08th August, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 29.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 25.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:29 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers at first, becoming
increasingly cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:09 pm…Low at 4:37 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:16 pm…Low at 6:04 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies with some scattered showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave, will cause an increase in cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.