Date: 02nd August, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and slightly hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and slightly hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of August:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:31 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 11:07 pm…Low at 6:41 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at present…High at 12:14 am…Low at 8:08 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A weak trough system together with a weak tropical wave, will cause a few cloudy periods with showers and isolated thunderstorms around the Eastern Caribbean islands during the next 24 hours.
Two other tropical waves, located over the central Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
A surface trough located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic has a low chance for tropical cyclone formation during the next five days. This system is not expected to pose a threat to our region.