Date: 15th August, 2022
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 86.2 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-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy with a few showers, and a slight 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 present…Low at 11:58 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:03 am…Low at 1:25 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will continue to produce some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
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.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 12 mph or 19 km/h.