Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°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 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.9 mm At GFL Charles Airport: nil
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 155.2 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 203.5 mm
Sunset today: 5:41 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 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to 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 2:54 pm… Low at 09:03 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:01 pm… Low at 10:30 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 scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A weak tropical wave together with a trough system, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of our region during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and is expected to affect our region from late Wednesday into Thursday.
A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.