6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 12th June, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 66.0 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 26.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:32 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h with occasional gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:41 pm…Low at 6:20 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:19 pm…High at 12:48 am…Low at 7:47 am.
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 isolated thunderstorms over the far southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered 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 the wind flow, will produce some scattered showers over most of the region during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave will continue to affect the extreme southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the southern portion of the region from late Wednesday into Thursday.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.