Date: 15th September, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 16.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 20.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:04 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a few isolated showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to take the necessary precautions.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:16 pm….Low at 6:34 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:23 am….Low at 8:01 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers, mainly over the northern Leeward and southern Windward Islands.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A plume of Saharan dust will cause a reduction in air quality and visibility over the Lesser Antilles, during the next couple of days.
Weak unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere over the northern and extreme southern portions of the region, will cause some showers over those islands during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
A strong tropical wave, located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days, as it moves westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.