Date: 03rd August, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and slightly hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and slightly hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is31°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
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 between the east-southeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Generally fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:25 pm… Low at 5:23 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:32 pm… Low at 6:50 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves near 3 feet or 0.9 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The lower atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles is sufficiently moist and unstable to cause a few showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms to develop over the islands, during the forecast period.
Three tropical waves located over the central, eastern and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 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.