Date: 10th August, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
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 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 19.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 52.7 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-southeast and east near 16 mph or 26 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: Low at present…High at 12:55 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:18 am…High at 2:02 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers over the Leeward to central Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will cause a few cloudy periods with showers over the Leeward to central Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will be active over the southern portion of the region 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.