6:00 pm Weather Report 31th May, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with recent showers.

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 southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0.            At GFL Charles Airport: 11.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 41.2 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 73.6 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and a 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 6:33 pm… High at 1:01 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:00 pm… High at 2:08 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves near 5 feet or 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair becoming cloudy at times with a few isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

An approaching tropical wave located just east of the Windward Islands, will produce some cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of the region during the next 24 hours.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.