Date: 21st 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 is31°C or 88°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 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 17.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 129.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 134.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 295.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:22 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 20 mph or 31 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy skies with scattered showers, which may heavy in some locations and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are advised to exercise caution.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:43 pm… Low at 8:25 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:50 pm… Low at 9:52 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Windward Islands, generally cloudy and hazy skies with scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and an approaching tropical wave, will cause cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms over portions of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to begin affecting the lesser Antilles on Sunday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave has a low chance for tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.
A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h.