6:00 pm Weather Report 10th June, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: trace           At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 14.8 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 23.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.                    Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:13 pm… Low at 12:56 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:20 pm… Low at 02:23 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Low level moisture and instability in the atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean, will cause a few showers over the some of the islands during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave is expected to start affecting mainly the southern half of the region from Thursday evening into Friday.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.