Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 28.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 65.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 146.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:35 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:38 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies 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 5:56 pm… Low at 10:19 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:44 pm… High at 7:03 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
Lingering moisture and instability in the wake f a tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 12 hours.
Patches of low-level cloud drifting along an easterly wind flow will cause a few brief showers over the remainder of our region during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/m. This wave is expected to affect our region on Monday.
A third tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A fourth tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.
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.