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 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.9 mm
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 86.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 102.6 mm
Sunset today: 6:25 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few showers tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 6:21 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:25 pm… High at 7:28 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with widely scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the region will cause occasional cloudiness with widely scattered showers across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 15 mph or 24 km/h. A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles north of the Leeward Islands is moving slowly northward. This system has a low chance for development during the next five days and is not expected to pose a threat to our region.