6:00 pm Weather Report 29th August, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present Weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today: 

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.4 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 12.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 149.6 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 178.3 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 between the east and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Cloudy to overcast at times with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms. An improvement is expected from tomorrow morning.  

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:48 pm… High at 2:40 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:15 pm… High at 3:47 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Leeward Islands and areas further south, cloudy to overcast skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave will generate cloudy skies, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

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

A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.