6:00 am Weather Report for 29th July 2024

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 29th July, 2024

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes.

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 76%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.             

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 200.3 mm  

Sunset today: 6:33 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am                    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers mainly during the night.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:49 am. Low at 3:33 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at present… High at 12:56 pm.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 5 feet or 1.2 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-pressure system will generate moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, during the next couple of days. Patches of low-level cloud drifting along this wind flow, will cause a few showers over the Eastern Caribbean islands, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave associated with an area of disturbed weather, is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. This system is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and some development is possible, as it approaches the Lesser Antilles by midweek.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.