Date: 02nd August, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil
Total rainfall for the month of August:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil
Sunset today: 6:31 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies, 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 12:20 pm… Low at 4:28 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:10 am… High at 1:27 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic high pressure system will maintain generally fair conditions over the Windward Islands, over the next few days.
Weak unstable conditions in the mid to lower atmosphere, will cause a few cloudy periods with showers over the Leeward Islands, during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Two other tropical waves, located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 and 12 mph or 28 and 19 km/h, respectively.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.