6:00 pm Weather Report 29th July, 2024

Date: 29th July, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with light showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 84%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil             At GFL Charles Airport: 0.4 mm          

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 200.3 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 240.5 mm.    

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am             Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 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: Fair skies 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 10:34 pm…Low at 6:11 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:41 pm…Low at 7:38 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A low-level trough located just east of the southern Windward Islands, will cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the far southern portion of the region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave associated with an area of disturbed weather, is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. This system is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and some development is possible, as it approaches the Lesser Antilles by late Tuesday into Wednesday.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.