6 Am Weather Report

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 24th June, 2023

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25° C or 77°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 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 72.1 mm.       

Total rainfall for the month of June so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 155.0 mm.      

Sunset today: 6:35 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am.     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few isolated showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:16 am …Low at 2:13 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:23 am …Low at 3:40 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 meters

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

…Cindy strengthens slightly while moving west-northwestward…

At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Cindy was located near latitude 14.6 degrees north, longitude 51.2 degrees west. Cindy is moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h. A west-northwestward to northwestward motion is expected over the next few days. On the forecast track, the system is expected to remain well east and northeast of the northern Leeward Islands through early next week.

Maximum sustained winds have increased near 60 mph or 95 km/h with higher gusts. Some gradual weakening is forecast into early next week. Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of this system.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.