6:00 am Weather Report 1st June, 2021

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 1st June, 2021

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F. 

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 29°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 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.5 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of May:

At Hewanorra Airport: 35.9 mm.

Sunset today: 6:29 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair and hazy skies becoming cloudy at times 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 8:10 am… Low at 3:17 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:17 am… Low at 4:44 pm.  

Seas: moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low level clouds drifting along an easterly wind flow, coupled with low level confluence, will produce a few cloudy periods and showers over the northern and central portion of the Eastern Caribbean region.   

A weak tropical wave is moving westward away from the south-eastern Caribbean at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

A second tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

Today, June 1st 2021, marks the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, which will run until November 30th.  All are advised to monitor official sources for updates during the season.

The alert level at the La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent remains at Orange. Interests in Saint Lucia and the Eastern Caribbean region are advised to continue monitoring official sources for updates.