Date: 01st September, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August:
At Hewanorra Airport: 205.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 354.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:14 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few 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: Low at present…High at 11:33 pm…Low at 7:04 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:12 pm…High at 12:40 am…Low at 8:31 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a weak tropical wave, will cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the central Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region from late Thursday into Friday.
…LARRY STRENGTHENS QUICKLY AND NOW EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT…
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Larry was located over the eastern tropical Atlantic near latitude 12.5 degrees north, longitude 29.4 degrees west. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 70 mph or 110 km/h with higher gusts. Larry is moving toward the west near 22 mph or 35 km/h and is forecast to become a hurricane tonight, and a major hurricane by Friday. Larry is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region during the next five days.