Date: 05th October, 2020
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.9 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 14.8 mm
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 55.8 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 74.9 mm
Sunset today: 5:50 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 12 mph or19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few brief scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:15 pm… Low at 11:57 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:24 pm… High at 6:22 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
An upper level trough system will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms over our region, during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the Western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to affect our region late on Wednesday into Thursday.