Date: 16th June, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 67%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 58.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.8 mm.
Sunset today: 6:33 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 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: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers at first becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from late tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 5:11 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 1:17 pm… Low at 6:38 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with a few showers, becoming increasingly cloudy over the southern Lesser Antilles, with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions associated with a trough system, will continue to cause cloudiness with showers over the northern portion of the region, during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of the region, during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic, is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, over the next couple of days.