Date: 26th September, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
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 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 55.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 12.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 77.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 34.8 mm.
Sunset today: 5:56 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies, 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: Low at 12:02 pm…High at 6:30 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 01:29 pm…High at 7:37 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands. Over the Leeward Islands, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with an upper level trough, coupled with a light wind regime, will continue to generate occasional cloudy periods with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern part of our region, during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Sam was located near latitude 13.9 degrees north, longitude 50.2 degrees west or about 905 miles or 1455 km east- southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the west-northwest near 8 mph or 13 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph or 230 km/h, with higher gusts. Sam is a category 4 hurricane and some fluctuations in intensity are expected during the next day or so. Sam is not expected to directly impact the islands, however swells generated by this system are forecast to reach the Lesser Antilles early this week.
Interests in the Leeward and northern Windward Islands are advised to continue monitoring the progress of this system.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.