Date: 22nd June, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 62.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 112.0 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:59 pm…High at 1:40 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:26 pm…High at 2:47 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy skies with scattered showers, periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms, over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers.
Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave will cause an increase in cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. This wave is about 500 miles east of the Windward Islands and is expected to move west-northwest near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Some additional development of this disturbance is possible over the next couple of days.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are drifting westward near 8 and 12 mph or 13 and 19 mph, respectively.
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.