Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 6.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 48.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 56.7 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:40 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:36 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair skies tonight becoming partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:57 pm… Low at 7:07 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 06:50 pm… High at 1:04 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere together with favourable upper level conditions over our region will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers across parts of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 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 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude 19.8 degrees north, longitude 77.9 degrees west or about 15 miles or 20 kilometres west of Cabo Cruz Cuba. Tropical storm Elsa is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h.