6:00 am Weather Report 16th June, 2023

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 16th June, 2023

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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: 0.4 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 70.5 mm.

Sunset today: 6:33 pm        Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am.  

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 08:51 am…High at 3:40 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:18 am…High at 4:47 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 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 15 mph or 24 km/h.

A third tropical wave off the west coast of Africa. 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.