6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 03 JULY 2019

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 03RD JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 27 C OR 81 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 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 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL.               

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.9 MM.      

SUNSET TODAY: 6:36 PM.   SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:40 AM.                                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 29 KM/H WITH OCCASIONAL STRONG GUSTS TOMORROW.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY WITH A FEW SHOWERS TODAY. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOMORROW INTO FRIDAY.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 10:23 AM… HIGH AT 5:07 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:  LOW AT 11:50 AM… HIGH AT 6:14 PM.

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 ASKED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDSAND ROUGH SEAS EXPECTED FROM TOMORROW INTO FRIDAY.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO PARTLY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT FIRST, BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLOUDY OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND AREAS FURTHER SOUTH FROM TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE SOUTH EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION IS EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THAT AREA BY TOMORROW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.