6:00 am Weather Report 12 July 2020

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 12th July, 2020

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  5.4 mm.  

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 38.9 mm.  

Sunset today: 6:36 pm.    Sunrise tomorrow: 5:43 am. 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 29 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers mainly during the morning and early afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:37 am… Low at 2:56 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:44 pm… Low at 4:23 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands.   

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability trailing a tropical wave will generate some showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 12 to 24 hours.

An area of Saharan dust will continue to affect our region causing a reduction in visibility and air quality for the next few days.

Two tropical waves located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and near the West African coast, are moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.