6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 13th August, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
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-northeast at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 62.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 35.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:26 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:14 pm…High at 2:07 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:41 pm…High at 3:14 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave will continue to cause some cloudy periods, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern part of region, during the next 24 hours. Patches of low level clouds drifting along a moderate easterly wind flow, will cause brief occasional showers elsewhere.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.