6 Pm Weather Report

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 24TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTERS: GLENN ANTOINE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 26 C OR 79 F.

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 32 C OR 90 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.3 MM.       AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 5.6 MM     

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 66.8 MM.      AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 95.4 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:46 AM.                             SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:34 PM.                      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH

OR 31 KM/H.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH SOME SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE 

         SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 09:07 PM…LOW AT 3:52 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 10:14 PM…LOW AT 5:19 AM.

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 7 FEET OR 1.5 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

PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT

ABOUT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION

FROM TOMORROW.

A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.