Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is31°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-southeast at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 11.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 8.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 16.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 17.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:06 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 southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times 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 1:34 pm…High at 8:26 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:01 pm…High at 9:33 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a surface trough will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over our region, during the forecast period.
A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the lesser Antilles is expected to cause some cloudy periods with showers over the region from late tomorrow into Wednesday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
A third tropical wave located just off the West African coast, has a high chance of cyclone development during the next five days, as it moves westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.