Date: 17th August, 2022
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°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: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 86.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 102.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:24 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers later tonight into tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:36 pm…Low at 2:34 am…High at 8:46 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:43 pm…Low at 4:01 am…High at 9:53 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally fair at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with widely scattered showers later tonight into tomorrow morning.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A marginal increase in moisture and instability associated with a weak tropical wave, will produce periods of cloudiness and showers over the Lesser Antilles from tonight and into tomorrow.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.