Date: 02nd October, 2022
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°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 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 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 the east near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy with a few showers today, becoming occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from late tonight into Monday.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 9:44 am…Low at 1:12 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:51 am…Low at 2:39 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 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 late tonight into Monday.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions over the Lesser Antilles will continue to produce some scattered showers over the islands today.
A low-level trough located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is drifting westward, and is expected to affect mainly the southern portion of the region from late tonight.
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 eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 5 days.