Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
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 at 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 19.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 52.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 33.6 mm.
Sunset today: 6:28 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, 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 12:55 pm…Low at 4:19 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:02 pm…Low at 5:46 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the extreme southern Lesser Antilles, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will cause a few cloudy periods with showers over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will be active over the extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving slowly westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.