Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm.
Sunset today: 5:52 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy with a few showers today, becoming occasionally cloudy with scattered showers and possibly 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 1:12 pm… High at 8:12 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 2:39 pm… High at 9:19 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers today, becoming generally cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands and areas further south from tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Patches of low level cloud drifting along the wind flow will cause widely scattered showers over the Eastern Caribbean region today.
A low-level trough located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is drifting westward, and is expected to affect mainly the southern portion of the region from late tonight into Monday.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days. This wave is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to affect our region on Wednesday into Thursday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 5 days.