Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 25.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 75.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:04 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and south near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered 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 6:38 pm… Low at 1:55 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:45 pm… Low at 3:22 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves and swells 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast at times with scattered showers, which will be heavy in some locations, and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions ahead of Tropical Storm Fiona will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Fiona was located near latitude 16.3 North, longitude 55.4 West or 425 miles or 685 kilometres east of the Leeward Islands. Fiona is moving toward the west near 14 mph or 22 km/h, and this general motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected to continue through late Saturday. On the forecast track, the center of Fiona is forecast to move through the Leeward Islands late Friday and early Saturday, and move near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico late Saturday into Sunday. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph or 95 km/h with higher gusts. Little strengthening is forecast during the next few days. Tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for the Leeward Islands.
Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.