Date: 25th September, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the north at 5 mph or 7 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: 5:57 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 6:23 am… Low at 11:35 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:30 am… Low at 01:02 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 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 cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 12.8 degrees north, longitude 46.7 degrees west or about 1150 miles or 1855 km east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the west near 13 mph or 20 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 110 mph or 175 km/h, with higher gust. Additional strengthening is forecast and Sam is expected to become a major hurricane later today.
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 15 mph or 24 km/h.