Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°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 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 6.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 7.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset today: 6:12 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers tonight, becoming fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers by morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 10:59 pm…High at 5:22 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:10 pm…Low at 12:26 am…High at 6:29 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Windward Islands, occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers tonight, becoming fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers by morning. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability trailing a tropical wave will continue to produce some scattered showers over the central Lesser Antilles tonight.
Another tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to begin affecting the Lesser Antilles late Saturday into Sunday.
A nearly stationary broad area of low pressure, located over the central tropical Atlantic continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. There is a low chance of further development of this system during the next five days.
A third tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure located over the eastern tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This system has a high chance of further development during the next five days and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week.