6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 18TH JUNE, 2019
FORECASTER: EMMANUEL DESCARTES
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.
TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 31 C OR 88 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 28 MPH OR 44 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 12.8 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 8.1 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 97.1 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 64.9 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 THE EAST NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 9:47 PM… HIGH AT 4:20 AM
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 6:27 PM… LOW AT 11:14 PM.
SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS 6 TO 8 FEET OR 1.8 TO
2.4 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE
TO BRISK WINDS, ROUGH SEAS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARDS AND AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. ELSEWHERE, IT WILL BE CLOUDY AT TIMES
WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
SAHARAN DUST HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AROUND THE LESSER ANTILLES.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
MAINLY THE SOUTHERNMOST EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW.
TWO OTHER TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING
THE NEXT 5 DAYS.