6:00 Pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 19th August, 2024

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.         At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5    mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 147.3 mm       At GFL Charles Airport: 146.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am                     Sunset tomorrow: 6:22 pm       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and northeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with possible isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 08:59 pm…High at 3:44 am.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:26 pm…High at 4:51 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few light showers, mainly over the southern Windward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate light to moderate easterly winds over the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours. Weak unstable conditions will continue to cause a few cloudy periods with showers, over the southern portion of the region, tonight.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next (7) days.