Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.1 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 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies with a few showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers which may be heavy in some areas and isolated thunderstorms from afternoon.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:43 am… Low at 11:09 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:50 am… Low at 12:36 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 skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a trough system coupled with a light wind regime will generate cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms across portions of the Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 11.5 degrees north, longitude 42.2 degrees west or about 1470 miles or 2365 km east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the west near 15 mph or 24 km/h and this motion is expected to continue through tonight. A decrease in forward speed and a motion toward the west-northwest are expected over the weekend. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 mph or 120 km/h with higher gusts. Rapid intensification is forecast to continue, and Sam is likely to become a major hurricane tonight or early Saturday. Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands are advised to continue to monitor the progress of this system.