Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with recent showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°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 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 2.0 mm
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 157.0 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 231.2 mm
Sunset today: 5:36 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour:High at 12:41 pm…Low at 6:08 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 1:48 pm… Low at 7:35 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies occasionally becoming cloudy, with some scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A mid-level trough system will produce some cloudy periods with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
Low level clouds drifting along an easterly wind flow will cause a few brief showers over the remainder of the region during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
An area of disturbed weather located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving west-northwestward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a low chance of development during the next five days and is not expected to pose a threat to our region.