WEATHER FORECAST

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 20TH JUNE, 2019

FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

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

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 4.4 MM.      

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 101.5 MM.    

SUNSET TODAY: 6:34 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: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 12:06 PM… HIGH AT 6:34 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 01:33 PM… HIGH AT 7:41 PM.

SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND SWELLS 6 TO 8 FEET OR 1.8 TO 2.4 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

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW BRIEF SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

SAHARAN DUST HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AROUND THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE WAKE OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.  

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