6:00 pm Weather Report for 24th August 2024

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 24th August, 2024

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 14.3 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 6.9 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 162.4 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 167.0 mm.    

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am        Sunset tomorrow: 6:19 pm             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, 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 7:02 pm… Low at 2:02 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:09 pm… Low at 3:29 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands and areas further south.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System, will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Weak unstable conditions associated with a trough system, will cause an increase in cloudiness, scattered showers and thunderstorms over the southern half of the region, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central 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.