Date: 10th June, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light haze.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 57.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 20.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:31 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy and slightly hazy, with a few showers, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy, with widely scattered showers from tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:59 pm… High at 7:28 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 2:26 pm… High at 8:35 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Windward Islands, generally cloudy with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms. Further north, fair to partly cloudy and slightly hazy with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the region during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next few days.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.