Date: 24th September, 2022
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
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 at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 4.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 73.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 161.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:57 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 08:37 pm…High at 3:11 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:04 pm…High at 4:18 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions associated with a weak trough system, will cause some cloudy periods with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Ian was located near latitude 14.3 north, longitude 77.0 west, or about 255 miles or 410 kilometres south of Kingston Jamaica. Ian is moving toward the west at 16 mph or 26 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Significant strengthening is forecast during the next few days and Ian is expected to become a hurricane by late Sunday and a major hurricane by late Monday. A hurricane warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands. The tropical storm watch was discontinued for Jamaica.
A broad area of low pressure located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving slowly northwestward. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.