6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 23rd August, 2023
Forecaster: Andre Joyeux
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 143.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:21 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:21 am
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 and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:28 am…low at 1:10 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:35 am…low at 2:37 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A light and variable wind regime is expected across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.
The remnant low is moving toward the west-northwest and will continue to gradually weaken into a trough over the next couple of days. However, interests in the Leeward Islands should still continue to monitor the progress of this system.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 17.4 North, Longitude 71.3 west or about 120 miles or 190 kilometres southwest of the Dominican Republic. Franklin is moving toward the north near 10 mph or 17 km/h. Franklin does not pose a threat to the Lesser Antilles.
A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.