FORECASTERS: VIGIL SALTIBUS/LEMUEL O’SHAUGHNESSY
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 31 C OR 88 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 25 C OR 77 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 9.6 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 6.3 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 76.4 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 101.7 MM.
SUNSET TODAY: 6:34 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:46 AM.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW, FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 3:13 PM…HIGH AT 09:56 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 4:40 PM…HIGH AT 11:03 PM.
SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET OR 1.2 TO 2.1 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST, BECOMING FAIR, HAZY AND BREEZY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TRAILING A TROPICAL WAVE WEST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES WILL CAUSE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.