Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.4 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 3.4 mm.
Sunset today: 6:10 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon, mainly over central and western districts.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:15 pm… Low at 09:46 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 5:22 pm… Low at 11:13 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over Trinidad and Tobago partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
A weak pressure gradient over our region will continue to generate a light wind regime causing localized showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over some of the islands, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the extreme southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.