6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 13th July, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with moderate showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 88%.

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: 23.8 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 17.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 138.2 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 176.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:43 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 6:36 pm.  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 9:03 pm…Low at 4:08 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High at 10:10 pm…Low at 5:35 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability over the Eastern Caribbean region, will cause a few scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

Saharan dust haze in varying concentrations will affect air quality and visibility across the region, during the next few days.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic, during the next seven (7) days.