Date: 23rd August, 2023
Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south southeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 143.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 155.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:20 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the southeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy, with a few light showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:54 pm… Low at 3:23 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:01 pm… Low at 4:50 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy with a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with widely scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A light and variable wind regime is expected across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.
Moisture and instability associated with an area of low pressure located just east of the Leeward Islands, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will cause cloudy conditions and scattered showers over the southern portion of our region during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 19.8 North, Longitude 70.6 west or near the northern border of central Hispaniola. Franklin is moving toward the north northeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h. Franklin does not pose a threat to the Lesser Antilles.
A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.