6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 22nd August, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 14.4 mm At GFL Charles: 37.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 89.9 mm At GFL Charles: 128.8 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:21 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east northeast near
14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:19 pm…Low at 12:25 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:26 pm…Low at 01:52 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability trailing Tropical Storm Laura will continue to cause cloudy periods, showers and thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands.
…TROPICAL STORM LAURA…
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Laura was located near latitude 18.0 North, longitude 68.1 West or about 100 miles or 160 kilometres west of Ponce Puerto Rico. Laura is moving toward the west near 18 mph or 30 km/h. On the forecast track, the centre of Laura will move away from Puerto Rico this evening, near or over Hispaniola tonight, near or over Cuba Sunday and Monday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts. No significant changes in strength are forecast during the next 48 hours.
Tropical storm Laura does not pose a direct threat to Saint Lucia and the rest of the Windward Islands, however moisture and instability generated by this system will continue to affect these areas during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 12 mph or 19 km/h.