Date: 18th June, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°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 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 72.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 34.2 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 between the east and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, 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 4:54 pm…Low at 9:03 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:01 pm…Low at 10:30 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over Trinidad and Tobago and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers.
A tropical wave will continue to cause cloudy periods with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the region, during the next 24 hours.
Low-level clouds moving along the wind flow, will cause a few scattered showers over the remainder of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.