Date: 18th August, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and 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: 1.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 81.6 mm.
Sunset today: 6:24 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 22 mph or 35 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers today, becoming mostly cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms from early tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:44 am…High at 1:41 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:11 am…High at 2:48 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers today, becoming mostly cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms from early tomorrow morning.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
Moist and unstable conditions trailing a tropical wave will continue to affect mainly the southernmost islands of the Eastern Caribbean today.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles from early Thursday morning.
A third tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 12 mph or 19 km/h.