6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 18th August, 2022
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
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: 8.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 7.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 94.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 109.9 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:23 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 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 8:21 pm…Low at 3:48 am…High at 10:15 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:28 pm…Low at 5:15 am…High at 11:22 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers over the northern Windward and Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Elevated moisture and weak instability will produce some cloudy periods with scattered showers mainly over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the islands from late Friday into Saturday producing partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.