Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 35.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 71.1 mm.
Sunset today: 5:48 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:47 pm… Low at 8:36 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:54 pm… Low at 10:03 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Further north, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
Instability associated with an upper-level trough system together with low level moisture over the region, will cause scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Julia was located near latitude 12.6 degrees north and longitude 79.9 degrees west. Julia is moving towards the west near 21 mph or 33 km/m. Tropical Storm Julia poses no threat to our region.