6 Am Weather Report

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 14TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: GLENN ANTOINE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

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 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 4.6 MM.            

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 44.4 MM.                 

SUNSET TODAY: 6:36 PM.                                                     SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:43 AM.                    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AT FIRST, WITH AN  

         INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED  

         FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.                     

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 8:24 AM…HIGH AT 3:09 PM.     

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 9:51 AM…HIGH AT 4:16 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND SWELLS 4 TO 7 FEET OR 1.2 TO 2.1 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AT FIRST, BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY, MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARDS AND AREAS FURTHER SOUTH.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES, IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.  THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.