6:00 pm Weather Report 13th June, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F. 

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 8.8 mm.            

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.0 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 57.4 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 between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered light to moderate showers at first, becoming fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers from tomorrow afternoon.

Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution due to poor air quality.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:43 pm…Low at 10:50 pm…High at 5:30 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:50 pm…Low at 12:17 am…High at 6:37 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 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, reduced visibility and above normal seas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, it will be fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers. Further south, skies will be partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along an easterly wind flow will produce a few brief showers over the northern part of our region, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central and southern portions of our region from tonight into tomorrow. A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality over our region following the passage of this tropical wave.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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