6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 02ND AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTER: E. FRANCIS
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.
TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 32 C OR 90 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 PM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.9 MM. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 1.3 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.9 MM. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 1.3 MM.
SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM. SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:31 PM.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 22 MPH OR 35 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT 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 10:20 PM… HIGH AT 5:01 AM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 6:26 PM… LOW AT 11:47 PM.
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 BRISK WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL POSSIBLE, AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM WELL EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTRE IS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC. THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING WESTWARD AT 12 MPH TO 19 KM/H.