6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 27TH AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTERS: THOMAS AUGUSTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS OVERCAST WITH SHOWERS.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS OVERCAST WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 25 C OR 77 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 25 C OR 77 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE WEST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 4.7 MM. AT GFL CHARLES: 1.9 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 139.2 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 159.2 MM.
SUNSET TODAY: 6:19 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH OR 40 KM/H WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE MORNING.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 7:27 AM… HIGH AT 2:11 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 8:54 AM… HIGH AT 3:18 PM.
SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 10 FEET OR 1.5 TO 3.0 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT AND RESIDENTS TO STAY AWAY FROM BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IT WILL BE CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE, IT WILL BE CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
AT 5:00 AM TODAY THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR SAINT LUCIA. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH OR 20 KM/H.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH OR 85 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT MOVES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO AND EASTERN HISPANIOLA.
RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES ARE ASKED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES
TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.