6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 13th June, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

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 76%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 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: 57.6 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 21.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 6:32 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, with brief isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 9:39 pm…Low at 3:44 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High at 10:46 pm…Low at 5:11 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

A weak tropical wave will affect the extreme southern portion of the region, during the next 24 hours.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic, are both moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

A fourth tropical wave has just emerged off the west coast of Africa and is drifting slowly westward.

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