6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 19th June, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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 68%.

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 2:00 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.6 mm.          At GFL Charles Airport: 1.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 65.6 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 22.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am.             Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:04 pm…High at 1:42 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:31 pm…High at 2:49 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers.

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.

Weak unstable conditions over the region, will cause occasional cloudiness with some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect mainly the extreme southern portion of the region tomorrow.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic, are also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.