Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.5 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 22.3 mm.
Sunset today: 5:57 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 east-southeast near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some 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: High at 5:52 pm… Low at 12:50 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:02 pm… High at 06:59 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies 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 cloudy periods with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 12.9 degrees north, longitude 47.6 degrees west or about 1095 miles or 1760 km east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the west- northwest near 10 mph or 17 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph or 195 km/h, with higher gust. Sam is now a category 3 hurricane and is forecast to become a category 4 hurricane by Sunday. Sam is not expected to directly impact the Islands, however swells generated by Sam are forecast to reach the Lesser Antilles early next week.
Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands are advised to continue monitoring the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.