Date: 17th October, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 151.3 mm.
Sunset today: 5:43 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers and a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:31 am…High at 2:02 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:58 am…High at 3:09 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak instability associated with a low level trough will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A weak tropical wave located just east of the region, will cause a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.