Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.4 mm.
Sunset today: 6:11 am 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-southeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming calm or variable at times.
Weather: Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon, expected mainly over the west coast.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:22 am…High at 3:45 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:49 am…High at 4:52 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal sea swells.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
A weak pressure gradient over our region, will generate a light wind regime causing localized showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over some of the islands during the forecast period.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and 17 mph or 28 km/h respectively.
Hurricane Larry remains over open waters and continues to moving away from the Lesser Antilles. Larry is currently a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustain winds of 120 mph or 195 km/h. Although Hurricane Larry does not pose a direct threat to our region, above normal sea swells generated by this system is expected to continue affecting the Lesser Antilles today.