Date: 15th June, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
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 east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 70.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 33.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:33 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 and breezy, with a few light showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:03 pm…High at 1:45 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:30 pm…High at 2:52 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 occasionally cloudy skies, with a few light showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, over the next few days. Low level cloud patches moving along this wind flow, will cause a few showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 8 mph or 13 km/h.
A third tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa tonight or early Friday. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this system, as it moves westward across the Tropical Atlantic near 17 mph or 28 km/h.