6:00 am Weather Report 23rd May, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

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.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 88%.

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: 1.1 mm.  

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 12.9 mm.  

Sunset today: 6:26 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.         

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming occasionally cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:49 am…High at 4:35 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:16 am…High at 5:42 pm.

Seas: Moderate with waves and 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with scattered showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate easterly to east-southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next few days.

Moist and unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere over the northern half of the region will continue to cause some cloudy periods with showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to affect our region from late Saturday into Sunday.