6:00 am Weather Report 23rd August, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 85%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 16 mph or 26 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: 148.1 mm  

Sunset today: 6:21 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am                                

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered 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: High at 6:21 am… Low at 11:51 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:28 am… Low at 01:18 pm

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Windward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.  Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere will generate cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms mainly over the central Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.  A moderate easterly wind flow will continue across the region, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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