6:00 pm Weather Report 29 August 2019

6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 29TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTERS: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 5.8 MM.   AT GFL CHARLES: NIL.  

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 156.2 MM   AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 179.1 MM.    

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:52 AM.   SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:16 PM.       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 8:27 PM… HIGH AT 3:13 AM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 9:54 PM… HIGH AT 4:20 AM.

SEAS: SLIGHT WITH WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET OR 0.6 TO 1.2 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

GENERALLY FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS MAINLY OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. SAHARAN DUST AND DRY AIR AROUND THIS WAVE ARE LIMITING SHOWER DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AS THE WAVE CROSSES THE ISLAND CHAIN FROM LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.