Date: 31st August, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers and thunderstorms.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 204.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 353.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:15 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers, which may be heavy, and isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flash flooding are advised to be vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 3:30 pm…High at 10:20 pm
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:55 pm…Low at 4:57 pm…High at 11:27 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves near 3 feet or 0.9 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations, and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands and areas further south.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region will cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Three tropical waves located over the central and far eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.
A low pressure system associated with the tropical wave over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, has a high or 90 percent chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days. This system is expected to remain over the open ocean during the next five days.