Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°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 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 pm last night:
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 124.4 mm.
Sunset today: 5:45 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, 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 6:06 am… Low at 10:58 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:13 am… Low at 12:25 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with widely scattered showers.
The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days. Patches of low level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause widely scattered showers over the region during the forecast period.
A weak tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to be over the region by late Friday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days, as it moves westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.