Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
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 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°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: 5.2 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 17.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 118.9 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 43.9 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:33 pm.
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 a few 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 6:42 pm… High at 1:12 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:09 pm… High at 2:19 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds, reduced visibility and above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the southern Windward islands, it will be occasionally cloudy, with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere it will be fair to partly cloudy, hazy and breezy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave will continue to cause some cloudiness and showers over the extreme southern portion of the region tonight.
A second tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over our region from Thursday evening into Friday.
A third tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is embedded in a large area of Saharan dust and is expected to affect the region by late Friday into Saturday.
A fourth tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.