Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with thunderstorms and light rain.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 28 °C or 82 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24 °C or 75 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeasterly at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 16.7 mm at GFL Charles Airport: 2.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 86.6 mm at GFL Charles Airport: 130.1 mm.
Sunset today: 5:36 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east and near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding/landslide are advised to exercise caution.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:46 pm…Low at 11:39 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at present…High at 5:53 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a shear line will generate cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles by Friday.
A second tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.