Date: 03rd September, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:13 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 22 mph or 35 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:41 pm… High at 1:26 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:08 pm… High at 2:33 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, generally cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few light showers.
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over our region, will continue to cause cloudy conditions with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, mainly around the southern portion of the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Larry was located near latitude 15.0 degrees north, longitude 42.0 degrees west or about 1320 miles or 2125 kilometres east of the Leeward Islands. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 100 mph or 155 km/h, with higher gusts. Larry is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph or 26 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue over the weekend. Swells generated by Larry are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles on Sunday.