6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 06th August, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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 82%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.4 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 14.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 60.7 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 69.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 6:29 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to 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 present…Low at 10:40 pm…High at 5:06 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:27 pm…Low at 12:07 am…High at 6:13 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy, with a few brief showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability over the southern half of the region, will continue to produce cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south, during the forecast period.

Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.