6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 21st August, 2023
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
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 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 10.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 143.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 155.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:22 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph
or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:37 pm…Low at 1:03 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:44 pm…Low at 2:30 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves and easterly swells 3 to 5 feet
or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Further south, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Gert is weaker and could dissipate or become post tropical at any time.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Depression Gert was located near latitude 17.1 North, longitude 57.5 West or about 375 miles or 605 kilometres east of the Northern Leeward Islands. Moisture and instability associated with Tropical Depression Gert is expected to affect the Leeward Islands during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 14.3 North, Longitude 70.1 west or about 290 miles or 465 kilometres south of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Franklin is expected to continue moving slowly on a westward track near 5 mph or 7 km/h. A sharp turn to the north is expected on Tuesday with this general motion continuing into Wednesday. On the forecast track, the centre of Franklin is forecast to reach the southern coast of Hispaniola by early on Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast before Franklin reaches Hispaniola.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving west northwestward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.