6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 18th June, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
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 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: Trace.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 72.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 34.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.
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: Partly cloudy skies 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: Low at 9:03 pm…High at 3:43 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:01 pm…Low at 10:30 pm…High at 4:50 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over central and southern Windward Islands. 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.
Increased moisture and instability associated with a weak tropical wave, will cause a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms central and southern Windward Islands, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
A third tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure, 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.