6:00 pm Weather Report for 31st July 2024

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 31st July, 2024

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      At GFL Charles Airport: 3.5 mm              

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 201.0 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 245.4 mm     

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am        Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm                         

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming lighter, variable or calm at times.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few 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 present… High at 12:48 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:08 pm… High at 1:55 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy with scattered moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Windward Islands, the Leeward Islands and areas further north. Further south, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few light to moderate showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave associated with an area of disturbed weather will affect mainly the northern portion of the Eastern Caribbean, during the forecast period. Some development of this system is expected during the next 7 days, as the system moves west-northwest near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.