Date: 09th August, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 22 mph or 35 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 34.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 12.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:28 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy with isolated showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:59 pm… Low at 09:53 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:06 pm… Low at 11:20 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the northern Windwards and Leeward Islands, skies will be cloudy to overcast with moderate to heavy showers, gusty winds and thunderstorms. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A low pressure system located about 180 miles east of the Windward Islands is moving toward the west-northwest at about 13 mph or 20 km/h. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development and a tropical depression could form later today or tonight. The disturbance is forecast to reach portions of the Lesser Antilles by late tonight. Interests around the Eastern Caribbean islands are advised to closely monitor the progress of this system.
A second low pressure system is located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles and is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h. Development of this system is becoming less likely during the next few days.
Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.