Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 24° C or 75 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24 °C or 75 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of November so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm.
Sunset today: 5:32 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:07 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 11:40 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:21 am…High at 12:47 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean region will continue to cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 23.0 North, longitude 61.2 West, or about 355 miles or 570 kilometres north-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sebastien is moving toward the north-northeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h. A faster northeastward motion is expected during the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph or 95 km/h with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast, and Sebastien could become a hurricane tonight or Friday before weakening this weekend.
Sebastien is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.