6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 17th June, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 76%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 14 mph or 22 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: 58.1 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 21.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:33 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: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers which may be heavy, 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 present… High at 12:20 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:15 pm… High at 1:27 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy, with scattered showers which may be heavy in some locations, and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave is expected to cause some cloudiness, with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.