6:00 pm Weather Report 05th August, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 78%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 26.7 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 26.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 43.3 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 54.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am             Sunset tomorrow: 6:30 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered light to moderate showers, and a 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 9:55 pm…High at 4:30 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High at 6:02 pm.. Low at 11:22 pm… High at 5:37 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will continue to produce cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.