6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 19TH JUNE, 2019
FORECASTER: E. FRANCIS

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 28 C OR 82 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 25 MPH OR 41 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 12.8 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 97.1 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:33 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:36 AM

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH 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: LOW AT 11:24 AM… HIGH AT 5:56 PM
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 12:51 PM… HIGH AT 7:03 PM.
SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND SWELLS 6 TO 9 FEET OR 1.8 TO 2.7 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDS, ROUGH SEAS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
SAHARAN DUST HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AROUND THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATER TODAY.
A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE 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 5 DAYS.