6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT, JULY 21ST 2013, FORECASTER...VIGIL SALTIBUS. PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA.....PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY. AT GFL CHARLES...PARTLY CLOUDY. PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA................28 C OR 82 F. LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...27 C OR 81 F. WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H. 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 2:00 AM AT HEWANORRA.........NIL. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA.....131.0 MM. WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS RECORDED 4 MILES OR 6 KM NORTH OF ST. LUCIA. AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 3 HOURS....2.3 METRES OR 7.6 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 6 HOURS....3.7 METRES OR 12.1 FEET. SUNSET TODAY...6:36 PM..........SUNRISE TOMORROW...5:49 AM. FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS.....EASTERLY NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS. WEATHER...FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AT FIRST, BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA. TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR.....LOW AT 7:41 AM...HIGH AT 2:19 PM. TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.......LOW AT 9:08 AM...HIGH AT 3:26 PM. SEAS...MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FT OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS. FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES. PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE WILL PRODUCE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
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