6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 08th June, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.          At GFL Charles Airport: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 57.0 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 16.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 6:31 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: Fair to partly cloudy, with a few scattered showers. 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:03 pm…Low at 10:13 pm…High at 4:56 am.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:10 pm…Low at 11:40 pm…High at 6:03 am.  

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy a few showers over the Leeward to central Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

A tropical wave will cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region from late Monday into Tuesday.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.