6:00 pm Weather Report 06th June, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 4.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 56.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 15.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:30 pm.             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms tonight. Tomorrow, mostly fair skies.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:36 pm… Low at 10:38 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:43 pm… Low at 12:05 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave will continue to produce occasional cloudy conditions with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.