Date: 03rd September, 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 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Sunset today: 6:14 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and southwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers, some of which may be heavy, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:37 pm…High at 8:29 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:04 pm…High at 9:36 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast at times, with scattered showers, some of which will be heavy, and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations, and isolated thunderstorms from tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Adverse weather conditions generated by Tropical Storm Earl, will continue to affect the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours. Moisture and instability trailing this system is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the remainder of our region from tonight.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude 19.0 degrees north, longitude 62.4 degrees west or about 70 miles or 115 kilometres northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Earl is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h. On the forecast track, the center of Earl is expected to pass just north of the northern Leeward Islands today, and north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico tonight and Sunday. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h with higher gusts.
A tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure, is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. This system is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Another tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa this morning is moving slowly westward.