Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
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 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 205.2 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 354.2 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 northeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:00 pm… Low at 4:45 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:07 pm… Low at 6:12 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves near 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the central and southern Windward Islands, partly cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave will cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the central Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region from late Thursday into Friday.
…LARRY STRENGTHENS AS IT MOVES QUICKLY WESTWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC…
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Larry, was located near latitude 12.3 degrees north, longitude 27.6 degrees west. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts. Larry is moving toward the west near 22 mph or 35 km/h. The system is forecast to become a hurricane on Thursday. At present, Larry remains far east of the Eastern Caribbean region and is expected to remain over the open Atlantic.