6:00 am Weather Report

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 24th May, 2025

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 86%.

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 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 203.3 mm.

Sunset today: 6:26 pm.           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 22 mph or 35 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered showers which may be heavy in some areas 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 7:29 am…. High at 2:16 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:    Low at 8:56 am…. High at 3:23 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and easterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

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

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave and enhanced by an upper-level trough is expected to affect the region today. The tropical wave, located over the western Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h and is expected to affect our region from later tonight into Sunday.

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

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and above normal seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.