6:00 pm Weather Report 03rd August, 2024

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 03rd August, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

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

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.

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: 0.5 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 7.3 mm    

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.1 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 16.3 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am             Sunset tomorrow: 6:30 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h with occasional gusts.

Weather: Partly cloudy 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: Low at 8:24 pm…High at 3:15 am…Low at 10:06 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:51 pm…High at 4:22 am…Low at 11:33 am

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 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 skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions will continue to cause occasional cloudiness with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h. Moisture and instability ahead of this wave is expected to begin affecting our region from Sunday evening.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.