Date: 12th August, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and slightly hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 40.9 mm.
Sunset tomorrow: 6:27 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers today, becoming generally cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from late tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:05 am…Low at 12:08 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:12 am…Low at 1:35 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers today, becoming generally cloudy with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms from late tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions ahead of an approaching tropical wave will cause a few scattered showers across the Eastern Caribbean islands today.
This tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to affect the region from late tonight into Friday.
A second tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to reach the Lesser Antilles late Saturday. There is a medium or 60 percent chance of further development of this system over the next five days. Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of this system.
At 5:00 am today, Tropical Depression Fred was located just east of Cuba and is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph or 26 km/h. This system is expected to reach near Florida on Saturday and poses no threat to Saint Lucia and the rest of the Lesser Antilles.