6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 12th August, 2024
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with light rain.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is overcast with light rain.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 96%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport 1.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 83.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport 98.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:26 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h, with gusts near showers.
Weather: Mostly cloudy skies, with scattered moderate to locally heavy
showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are advised to exercise caution.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:45 pm… Low at 4:31 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:52 pm… Low at 5:58 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Tropical Storm conditions over the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for tonight and tomorrow. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Potential Tropical Cyclone Five has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Ernesto.
At 500 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm Ernesto was located near latitude 16.0 North, longitude 57.5 West or 260 miles east southeast of Antigua. Ernesto is moving toward the west-northwest near 28 mph (44 km/h) with maximum sustained wind speed of 40 mph (65 km/h) with gusts up to 52 mph (83 Km/h), and maximum seas near 13 ft. On the forecast track, Ernesto is expected to move across portions of the Leeward Islands late tonight or Tuesday and near or over the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by Tuesday evening. Ernesto is then forecast to turn northward over the western Atlantic.
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the Leeward Islands, Guadeloupe, the Virgin Island and Puerto Rico.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.