Date: 07th August, 2022
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82 °F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm At GFL Charles: 5.4 mm
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 25.2 mm At GFL Charles: 36.1 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:29 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers tonight. Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a few showers tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:19 pm… Low at 6:53 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:26 am… Low at 8:20 am
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the atmosphere over our region will continue to produce cloudiness, showers and possibly thunderstorms, mainly over the southern portion of the Eastern Caribbean during the forecast period.
Saharan dust haze will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few of days.
Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
A third tropical wave located near the west coast of Africa is moving westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph and has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next five days.