6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 30th August, 2024
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 4.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 231.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 209.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:15 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter or variable at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:42 pm… High at 1:42 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:09 pm… High at 2:49 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 to cloudy skies, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere will result in cloudy periods with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave associated with an area of disturbed weather is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. Gradual development of this system is expected and a tropical depression could form by early next week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles. It is currently moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
A second tropical wave is located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic. Some slow development of this wave is possible as it moves westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h, over the next few days.