Forecasters: Vigil Saltibus \ Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27 °C or 79 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27 °C or 79 ° F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast near 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 16.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 41.6 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 22 mph or 35 km/h with gusts near showers.
Weather: Cloudy and breezy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms this morning and an improvement expected from this afternoon.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding should continue to be vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 11:06 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:35 am….Low at 12:33 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
rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of the region. Elsewhere it will be fair to occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Lingering moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave west of the Lesser Antilles will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Eastern Caribbean Islands.
A low pressure centre associated with a tropical wave is located about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. However, environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for the formation of a tropical depression during the next day or two while the system moves slowly northwestward to west-northwestward.
A third tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h.