6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 25th July, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis

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 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 88.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 79.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:46 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east northeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:47 pm…Low at 1:43 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:54 pm…Low at 3:10 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, generally cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Gonzalo will cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands.
At 5:00 pm today, the remnants of Tropical Storm Gonzalo were located near latitude 11.0 North, longitude 63.0 West. The remnants of Gonzalo are forecast to move generally westward across the southern Caribbean for the next couple of days.

Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h with higher gusts. Gusty conditions associated with squalls will be possible as the remnants of Gonzalo move westward.

A tropical wave about 700 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward at about 21 mph or 33 km/h. This wave is expected to begin affecting the Eastern Caribbean islands tomorrow afternoon.
Another tropical wave over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 21 mph or 33 km/h. Some gradual development of this system is possible early next week, and a tropical depression could form in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean before it reaches the lesser Antilles.