Date: 21st September, 2020
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 45.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 32.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:00 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 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 calm at nights.
Weather: Fair and warm, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:22 pm… Low at 1:18 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:19 pm… High at 7:29 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers, particularly on the northern and eastern coasts are advised to exercise caution.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the Northern Windward and Leeward Islands.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean Region, will produce a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands, during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.