6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 13th August, 2024
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 43.0 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 14.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 126.1 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 113.2 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 southwest and southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:46 pm…Low at 5:45 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:53 pm…Low at 7:12 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves easterly swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise EXTREME caution due to locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast at times, with moderate to heavy showers, gusty winds and thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Unstable conditions associated with Tropical Storm Ernesto, will continue to affect the northern Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Ernesto was located near latitude 18.01 North, longitude 64.1 West or 65 miles or 105 km east-southeast of St Thomas. Ernesto is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph or 30 km/h and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight. Maximum sustained winds speed has increased to near 60 mph or 95 km/h, with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast and Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane by tonight. The center of Ernesto should pass near the Virgin Islands this evening and northeast to north of Puerto Rico, tonight and tomorrow. Ernesto is then forecast to turn northward over the western Atlantic.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.