12:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 21st June, 2020
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with thick dust haze.
Present weather at GFL charles Airport is partly cloudy with thick dust haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 137.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 69.8 mm
Sunset today: 6:34 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:50 pm… Low at 9:06 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 5:57 pm… Low at 10:33 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to
2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION
due to brisk winds, rough seas and low visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered
showers mainly over the southern Windward Islands.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds
and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.
A large plume of Saharan dust will continue to affect our region for the next
couple of days, causing low visibility and below normal air quality.
A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is
moving rapidly westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This system is expected to cause
some showers and possibly thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands late
tonight.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is also moving
westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This wave is expected to bring cloudiness,
showers and thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean on Wednesday and Thursday.