6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 01ST JULY, 2019
FORECASTER: E. FRANCIS

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY 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 28 C OR 82 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.4 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 146.6 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:36 PM. SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:39 AM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 24 MPH OR 39 KM/H, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY, 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: LOW AT 08:53 AM…HIGH AT 3:38 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 10:20 AM…HIGH AT 4:45 PM.
SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND NORTHERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS 6 TO 9 FEET OR 1.8 TO 2.7 METRES.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. ELSEWHERE, FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
SAHARAN DUST HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE VISIBILITY AROUND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.

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