Date: 20th May, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°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 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 24.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:25 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy 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: High at present…Low at 9:28 pm…High at 3:58 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:15 pm…Low at 10:55 pm…High at 5:05 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy, with widely scattered showers.
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.
Low-level clouds moving with the wind flow, will produce some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A trough system together with an upper-level jet stream is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the region from Monday.
Two tropical waves located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and the west coast of Africa are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.