6:00 AM...DATE...JUNE 30TH 2013...FORECASTER.....MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE. PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA.....CLOUDY. AT GFL CHARLES...PARTLY CLOUDY. PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...........27 C OR 81 F. LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...24 C OR 75 F. WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H. 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 2:00 AM AT HEWANORRA.........4.8 MM. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA.....169.2 MM. AT GFL CHARLES.......189.2 MM. WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS RECORDED 4 MILES OR 6 KM NORTH OF ST. LUCIA. AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT IN THE PAST 3 HOURS....1.8 METRES OR 6.0 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IN THE PAST 6 HOURS....3.1 METRES OR 10.2 FEET. SUNSET TODAY...6:37 PM..........SUNRISE TOMORROW...5:43 AM. FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS.....EASTERLY NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H. WEATHER...FAIR SKIES BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS. MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA. TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...HIGH AT 8:39 AM...LOW AT 2:11 PM. TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....HIGH AT 9:46 AM...LOW AT 3:38 PM. SEAS...MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8. METRES. OUTLOOK FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES. PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES. FURTHER SOUTH, FAIR SKIES BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS. TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TODAY. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
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