Date: 21st May, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 24.8 mm.
Sunset today: 6:25 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers today. Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered light to moderate showers, from late tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:48 pm…Low at 10:04 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:37 pm…High at 6:55 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
WEATHER SUMMARY
A trough system together with an upper-level jet stream, is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over parts of the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours.
Two tropical waves located over the Eastern and far Eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 12 and 8 mph or 19 and 13 km/h, respectively.