Date: 11th June, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 66.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:31 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy 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 10:10 am…Low at 4:07 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:17 am…Low at 5:34 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 with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region over the next few days.
Low-level clouds moving along this wind flow, will produce a few showers over most of the region during the next 24 hours.
Moisture and instability over the extreme southern portion of the region, will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over that area during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave is expected to affect mainly the southern portion of the region on Tuesday.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.