Date: 21st June, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 66.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 28.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to take the necessary precautions due to reduced air quality.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:23 pm…High at 3:09 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:50 pm…High at 4:16 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
Small craft operators should exercise caution due to reduced visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with widely scattered showers, over the central and southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions ahead of a westward moving tropical wave, will cause a few showery periods over parts of the region, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to begin affecting the southern portion of the region from Saturday afternoon into Sunday.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 15 and 21 mph or 24 and 33 km/h, respectively.
A plume of Saharan dust haze in varying concentrations will impact visibility and air quality across the region, over the next few days.