6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th August, 2023

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph

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 33°C or 91°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or

24 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: 166.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 6:17 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming increasingly cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:47 pm… High at 1:43 am… Low at 8:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:14 pm… High at 2:50 am… Low at 10:02 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, becoming increasingly cloudy with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A moderate easterly wind flow will continue across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

An approaching tropical wave is expected to generate some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands during the forecast period.  This wave is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and is located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles and is expected over the region from tomorrow.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.