6 Pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 14th June, 2023

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.

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 24 mph or 39 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Nil           At GFL Charles Airport: 2.1 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 70.1 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 31.2 mm.  

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 23 mph or 37 km/h.

Weather: Fair to occasionally 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: Low at 6:20 pm…High at 1:05 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:47 pm…High at 2:12 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few isolated showers over the Leeward and northern Windwards Islands. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, over the southern Windwards Islands and areas further south.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds and generally stable conditions across the northern half of Eastern Caribbean region, over the next few days.

A tropical wave is expected to generate cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms over the  southern portion of the region during the forecast period.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 20 and 15 mph or 31 and 24 km/h, respectively.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.