Date: 25th August, 2023
Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 143.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:20 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southwest and south near 7 mph or 11 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times. Gusty winds may accompany showers.
Weather: Generally cloudy, with scattered moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:53 am…Low at 2:59 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:13 am… High at 1:00 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves up to 3 feet or 0.9 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered moderate to heavy showers and a isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles during the next couple of days.
Moisture and instability associated with an area of low pressure located just east of the Lesser Antilles, will continue to cause cloudiness with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 22.7 North, Longitude 68.0 west or about 215 miles or 345 kilometres east of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Franklin is moving toward the east-northeast near 6 mph or 9 km/h and 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 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.