6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 PM  WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 06TH JUNE, 2019

FORECASTER: EMMANUEL DESCARTES

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 F.

TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 31 C OR 88 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH OR

24 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT:  2.6 MM       AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 8.2 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 14.9 MM       AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 13.5 MM.

SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:34 AM                 SUNSET TOMORROW: 6:30 PM.                   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR

18 MPH OR 29 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR AND HAZY SKIES BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 7:04 PM… LOW AT 11:23 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 8:11 PM… LOW AT 12:50 AM.

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY SKIES OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H. THE WAVE IS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN LESSER ANTILLES BY TOMORROW FRIDAY.  SAHARAN DUST IS PRESENT IN THE VICINITY OF THIS WAVE AND THIS IS LIMITING CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AND SHOWERS.

A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.