6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 26TH AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTERS: THOMAS AUGUSTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY. PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY. 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 25 MPH OR 40 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: NIL.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 134.5 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT:157.3 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 NORTHEAST AND EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH OR 40 KM/H AT FIRST INCREASING TO NEAR 35 MPH OR 56 KM/H LATER TONIGHT. SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING. WEATHER: CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH FREQUENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT PRESENT... HIGH AT 12:23 AM. TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 6:58 PM... HIGH AT 01:30 AM. SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH TO ROUGH WITH WAVES 6 TO 13 FEET OR 1.8 TO 4.0 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT AND RESIDENTS TO STAY AWAY FROM BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IT WILL BE CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE, IT WILL BE CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
TROPICAL STORM DORIAN IS EXPECTED CAUSE WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
AT 5:00 PM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH, LONGITUDE 58.8 WEST, ABOUT 165 MILES OR 270 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAINT LUCIA. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TOMORROW.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH OR 95 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH ON TUESDAY.
RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES ARE ASKED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.