Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.2 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 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: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers, some of which may be heavy, 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 12:47 pm…Low at 4:08 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:05 am…High at 1:54 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers which maybe heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability trailing Tropical Storm Earl, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude 20.9 degrees north, longitude 65.3 degrees west or about 175 miles or 280 kilometres north of the northern Leeward Islands. Earl is moving toward the north-northwest near 5 mph or 7 km/h. On the forecast track, Earl is expected to move slowly northward and away from the region. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Some slow strengthening is forecast over the next several days and Earl could become a hurricane later this week.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is also moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.