Date: 05th September, 2022
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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 southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.1 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm
Sunset today: 6:12 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and south near 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Weather: Fair and warm, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers, some of which maybe heavy 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 12:47 pm…Low at 4:08 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 01:54 pm…Low at 5:35 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability trailing Tropical Storm Earl, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude 21.5 degrees north, longitude 65.3 degrees west or about 215 miles or 345 kilometres north of the northern Leeward Islands. Earl is moving toward the north-northwest near 5 mph or 7 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 65 mph or 100 km/h, with higher gusts. Some slow strengthening is possible later today and Earl could become a hurricane later this week.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic, are both moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.