Date: 02nd September, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Sunset today: 6:14 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 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms from later today.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:42 pm… Low at 5:48 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:49 pm… Low at 7:15 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms from later today.
Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave, will cause an increase in cloudiness, shower activity and possibly thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, from later today into tomorrow Friday.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Larry was located near latitude 13.5 degrees north, longitude 34.2 degrees west. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 80 mph or 130 km/h, with higher gusts. Steady to rapid strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days and Larry is expected to become a major hurricane by Friday night. Larry is moving toward the west near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Larry is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region during the next five days.
A low pressure area associated with another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. There is a low or 30 percent chance of tropical cyclone formation over the next five days.