Date: 24th September, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 33°C or 91°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.6 mm.
Sunset today: 5:58 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers, which may be heavy in some areas, and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 5:20 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:36 pm…High at 6:27 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a trough system coupled with a light wind regime, will generate occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
…CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE SAM IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY…
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 11.8 degrees north, longitude 43.7 degrees west or about 1365 miles or 2200 km east of the Lesser Antilles. Sam is moving toward the west near 14 mph or 22 km/h and this motion is expected to continue through tonight, a turn toward the west-northwest is expected over the weekend. Maximum sustained winds remain near 75 mph or 120 km/h with higher gusts, however rapid intensification is forecast to resume, and Sam is likely to become a major hurricane on Saturday.
Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands are advised to continue to monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.