6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 22nd June, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with thick dust haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 137.4 mm.
Sunset today: 6:34 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east northeast near
23 mph or 37 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy, hazy and breezy with brief isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:47 am… High at 5:33 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:14 pm… High at 6:40 pm.
Seas: Locally rough with waves 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION due to brisk winds, rough seas and low visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy, hazy and breezy with brief isolated showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.
A large plume of Saharan dust will continue to affect our region for the next
couple of days, causing low visibility and poor air quality.
A tropical wave will cause cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the lesser Antilles today.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving
westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to bring cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean on Wednesday and Thursday.