6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 24th August, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
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: 6:20 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the south-southeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:00 am… Low at 1:53 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:07 am… Low at 3:20 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy with a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with widely scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A light and variable wind regime is expected across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.
Moisture and instability associated with an area of low pressure located just east of the Leeward Islands, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will cause cloudy conditions and scattered showers over the southern portion of our region during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 21.9 North, Longitude 70.4 west or near the northern border of central Hispaniola. Franklin is moving toward the north northeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h. Franklin does not pose a threat to the Lesser Antilles.
A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave located over the central 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.