6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 20th June, 2023
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly 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 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 72.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 35.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:37 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers, which maybe heavy in
some areas and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 10:22 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:10 pm…Low at 11:49 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.6 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave will produce cloudiness, showers thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
.....Tropical Storm Bret a little stronger.....
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Bret was located near Latitude 12.2 degrees north, Longitude 48.6 degrees west or about 835 miles or 1350 kilometers east of the Windward Islands. Bret is moving toward the west near 18 mph or 30 km/h and this motion is expected to continue for the next several days. On the forecast track, the center of Bret is expected to move across portions of the Lesser Antilles Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, and then move across the eastern Caribbean Sea on Friday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days. Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of this system. Tropical storm watches may be required for some islands later today or tonight
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 13 mph or 20 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days.