Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 41.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 48.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 46.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 50.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:40 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 4:36 pm… High at 11:14 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:39 pm… Low at 6:06 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Patches of low level cloud drifting along an easterly wind flow will cause a few scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude 17.0 degrees north, longitude 71.6 degrees west or about 350 miles or 560 km east of Kingston Jamaica. Elsa is moving toward the west-northwest near 29 mph or 46 km/h.
Maximum sustained winds are now near 70 mph or 110 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast tonight, but gradual weakening is forecast on Sunday and Monday.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving both moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone development is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.
The alert level at the La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent remains at Orange. Interests in Saint Lucia and the south-eastern Caribbean region are advised to continue monitoring official sources for updates.