6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 04 AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 26 C OR 79 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 26 C OR 79 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.2 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.9 MM.
SUNSET TODAY: 6:31 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 12:10 PM… HIGH AT 6:42 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 7:02 AM… LOW AT 1:37 PM.
SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND SWELLS 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 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES, CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AN AREA OF DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME LESS CONDUCIVE FOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM, AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE ISLANDS NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THOSE ISLANDS FROM TODAY CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH TO 24 KM/H.
A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ALONG THE COAST OF AFRICA IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.