6:00 am Weather Report 16th June, 2020

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 16th June, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°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 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 113.7 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 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered overnight showers. 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:46 am…High at 1:06 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:13 am…High at 2:13 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers over the Leewards and northern Windward islands.  Further south, fair skies becoming increasingly cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from tonight.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High Pressure system is expected to generate a moderate easterly wind flow across the Leewards and northern Windward Islands during the forecast period.

A weak Tropical wave is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness with scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

A second tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.  This wave is expected to generate cloudy to overcast skies, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central and southern Windward Islands from Thursday into Friday

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.