6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 22nd August, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
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 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil At GFL Charles Airport: nil
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 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 7:11 pm…Low at 2:06 am…High at 8:28 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:18 pm…Low at 3:33 am…High at 9:35 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate 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 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 15.8 North, Longitude 71.4 west or about 220 miles or 355 kilometres south-southwest of the Dominican Republic. Franklin is moving toward the northwest near 7 mph or 11 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.