Date: 25th June, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 155.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:35 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:38 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly 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 8:13 am…Low at 2:50 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:20 am…Low at 4:17 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 brief scattered showers over the northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few light showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions will continue to cause cloudiness and some showers over the northern Windward Islands today. Relatively dry and stable conditions will prevail elsewhere.
…Cindy gradually weakening as it moves northwestward…
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Cindy was located near latitude 20.3 degrees north, longitude 57.2 degrees west. Cindy is moving toward the northwest near 21 mph or 33 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue with a gradual decrease in forward speed, over the next couple of days. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts.
Weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and Cindy could degenerate into a trough of low pressure by Tuesday.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.