6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 21st June, 2020
Forecaster: Avlon Charlery
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with thick dust haze.
Present weather at GFL charles Airport is cloudy with thick dust haze.
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 northeast at 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 0.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 137.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 69.8 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:34 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:06 pm… High at 3:45 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:33 pm… High at 4:52 am
Seas: Moderate to 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 scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly and hazy.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will 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 located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is
moving rapidly westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This system is expected to cause
some showers and possibly thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands from tonight.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is also moving
westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This wave is expected to bring cloudiness,
showers and thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean on Wednesday and Thursday.