6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 25th August, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.4 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 0.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 104.5 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 131.1 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-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers at first. An increase in cloudiness and shower activity is expected by tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:48 pm… Low at 4:09 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:55 pm… Low at 5:36 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers tonight. An increase in cloudiness with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorm is expected by tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere over the region, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Eastern Caribbean region tonight.

A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to affect the region by tomorrow. This wave is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

A second tropical wave located over the far 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 five days.