6:00 am Weather Report 09th August, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.2 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 33.2 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Generally cloudy with scattered showers which may be heavy in some areas and isolated thunderstorms.
 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:26 am…Low at 3:16 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 6:04 am… High at 12:33 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms.
  

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave, will cause 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 20 mph or 31 km/h.

A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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