6:00 pm Weather Report 23rd August, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles 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 75%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.     At GFL Charles Airport 3.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 148.1 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport 160.1 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am       Sunset tomorrow: 6:20 pm                                 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:19 pm… Low at 12:53 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:26 pm… Low at 2:20 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System, will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, during the next couple of days. Patches of low-level clouds, drifting along this wind flow, will cause widely scattered showers over the region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the eastern 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.