Date: 18th September, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 20.1 mm.
Sunset today: 6:02 pm. 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 near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:39 pm…Low at 7:34 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:46 pm…Low at 9:01 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region, will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave with an associated area of low pressure is located less than 650 miles or 1050 kilometres east of the Lesser Antilles. This system has become better organized and environmental conditions are expected to remain conducive for further development. A tropical depression is likely to form later today or tonight as the system moves toward the west-northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Moisture and instability ahead of this system is forecast to begin affecting mainly the northern half of the region from tomorrow. Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic, has a medium or 40 percent chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days, as it moves westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.