Date: 29th June, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 173.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:35 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:39 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers. A gradual improvement is expected as the day progresses.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:42 am…High at 1:25 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:09 am…High at 2:32 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 meters.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy, with light rain, scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. A gradual improvement is expected as the day progresses.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a low to mid-level trough, will continue to cause cloudiness, showers, periods of rain and possibly isolated thunder-storms, mainly over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles today.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h. This wave is expected to affect mainly the southern portion of the region on Saturday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.