Forecasters: Webster Gajadhar \ Hyacinthia Camille
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with light rain.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28 °C or 82 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27 °C or 81 ° F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 14.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 37.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 49.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 100.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:03 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight. An improvement expected from tonight into tomorrow.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding should continue to be vigilant and exercise caution.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 5:25 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:33 pm…High at 6:32 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Lingering moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave together with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
The low pressure centre associated with the tropical wave located about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles has become better organized and is now Tropical Depression Ten. At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 12.9 North, longitude 44.9 West. The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h and will approach the northern Leeward Islands by Thursday night or Friday. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm later today. Interests in the Northern Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.