Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy with recent showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 80%.
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 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 104.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 74.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:35 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:39 am.
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: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:28 pm… High at 10:15 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 4:55 pm… High at 11:22 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 cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy, with widely scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave will continue to affect mainly the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Beryl was located near latitude 10.0 degrees north, longitude 47.8 degrees west or about 933 miles or 1502 kilometres southeast of Saint Lucia. Beryl is moving toward the west near 23 mph or 37 km/h. A relatively quick westward to west-northwestward motion is expected during the next few days. On the forecast track, the system is expected to move across the Windward Islands late Sunday night and Monday.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 65 mph or 100 km/h, with higher gusts. Rapid strengthening is now expected and Beryl is forecast to become a major hurricane before it reaches the Windward Islands. Hazardous swells generated by the system are expected to reach the Windward and southern Leeward Islands by late Sunday.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and Grenada.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Martinique and Tobago.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a medium chance of development, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next week.
Interests in the Windward and southern Leeward Islands are advised to closely monitor the progress of these systems and take the necessary precautions.