6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°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 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.          At GFL Charles Airport: 7.8 mm. 

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.8 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 9.7 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 the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather: Generally cloudy with some scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:43 pm…High at 3:21 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:10 pm…High at 4:28 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave together with an upper level trough will continue to generate cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are both moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.