Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 27 °C or 81 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26 °C or 79 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 26.5 mm
Total rainfall for the month of November so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 27.9 mm
Sunset today 5:35 pm Sunrise tomorrow 6:00 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered light to moderate showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:36 am…Low at 3:09 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:43 am…Low at 4:36 pm.
Seas: Moderate to Locally rough with waves 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 to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere it will be fair to occasionally cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Lingering moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, along with favourable upper level conditions, will continue to cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h and is expected over our region late Tuesday into Wednesday.
A third tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.