6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 20th August, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.    

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 147.3 mm      

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

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: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with brief scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:08 am… High at 4:33 pm.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:35 am… High at 5:40 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy skies, with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate light to moderate easterly to northeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours. Patches of low-level cloud drifting along the wind flow will cause occasional cloudy periods with showers over most of the region, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.  This wave is expected to affect the region from early Wednesday.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.

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