12 noon weather report 6th June 2019

12:00 NOON  WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 06TH JUNE, 2019

FORECASTER: VIGIL SALTIBUS

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 28 C OR 82 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH OR 26 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT:  1.5 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 8.2 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 13.8 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 13.5 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:30 PM               SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:34 AM.                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 29 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR AND HAZY SKIES BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 12:13 PM… HIGH AT 7:04 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 01:40 PM… HIGH AT 8:11 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY SKIES OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

THERE IS SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 426 MILES OR 809 KILOMETERS EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H. THE WAVE IS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN LESSER ANTILLES BY TOMORROW FRIDAY.  SAHARAN DUST IS PRESENT IN THE VICINITY OF THIS WAVE AND THIS IS LIMITING CONVECTION AND SHOWERS.

A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.