Forecasters: Hyacinthia Camille & Emmauel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 9.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.6 mm.
Sunset today: 6:12 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 11:20 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:29 am… Low at 12:47 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Patches of low level clouds will cause a few showers over the region during the next 24 hours.
A weak 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.