Date: 28th August, 2022
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
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 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 221.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 303.7 mm.
Sunset today: 6:18 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers and a 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 4:44 pm…Low at 10:10 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 5:51 pm…Low at 11:37 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A weak tropical wave will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.
A broad and elongated area of low pressure, associated with another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone development during the next five days and is expected to be in the vicinity of the Leeward Islands next weekend.
A third tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa tomorrow. Some slow development of this system is expected during the next five days while it moves westward over the eastern tropical Atlantic.