6:00 pm Weather Report 31/08/2023

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 31st August, 2023

Forecaster: Andre Joyeux

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 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.         At GFL Charles Airport: 0.6 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 153.6 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 181.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.                 Sunset tomorrow: 6:15 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 17 mph or

      28 km/h.

Weather: Tonight, skies will be fair becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

         Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of    

         isolated thunderstorms tomorrow.  

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:42 pm… High at 4:24 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:09 pm… High at 5:31 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers tonight, becoming increasingly cloudy tomorrow, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles from tomorrow with an increase in cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.