Date: 16th July, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 21 mph or
33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 89.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 82.4 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:44 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers today. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 2:09 pm… High at 8:49 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:36 pm… High at 9:56 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers today. Tomorrow, generally cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Patches of low level clouds drifting along a moderate to brisk easterly wind flow, will cause some showers over our region today.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This system is expected to bring cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms over our region from tomorrow.
A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.