Date: 10th August, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°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-southeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.9 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 5.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 37.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 17.7 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:27 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:41 pm… High at 5:17 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:38 pm… Low at 12:08 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the northern Windwards and Leeward Islands, skies will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions trailing Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, Potential Tropical Cyclone Number Six (#6) was centered near latitude 16.9 North, longitude 65.5 West or about 105 miles or 170 kilometres southeast of Ponce Puerto Rico. The system is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next day or so and the disturbance is expected to become a tropical storm tonight.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Some gradual development of this system is likely over the next several days.