Date: 30th August, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the north-northeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 204.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:16 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 9:58 am…Low at 2:21 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at present…High at 11:05 am…Low at 3:48 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region will cause a few scattered showers and possibly afternoon thunderstorms over the islands today.
At 5:00 am today, Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 20.8 degrees north, longitude 50.6 degrees west or about 775 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. The depression continues to move northward and is expected to remain over the open Atlantic. Tropical Depression Ten does not pose a threat to the Eastern Caribbean region.
Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
A third tropical wave is expected to emerge off the west coast of Africa tonight. This system has a high or 80 percent chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.