Date: 4th July, 2021
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 29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil At GFL Charles Airport: 6.4 mm
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 46.7 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 56.7 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-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:48 pm… Low at 5:23 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 01:55 pm… Low at 6:50 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will cause generally fair conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.
Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
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.
…FYI…
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude18.7 degrees north, longitude 76.8 degrees west or about 50 miles or 95 kilometres north of Kingston, Jamaica. Tropical storm Elsa is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h.