Date: 26th August, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south at 7 mph or 13 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 10.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 143.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 166.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:19 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and south near 13 mph or 20 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times 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 11:27 pm…Low at 7:02 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:34 am…Low at 8:29 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to occasionally cloudy with a few light showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A surface trough will continue to cause occasional cloudy periods with a few showers, over the northern and central Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Franklin continues to strengthen….
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Hurricane Franklin was located near latitude 23.8 North, Longitude 67.5 west or about 280 miles or 450 kilometres northeast of Grand Turks Islands. Franklin is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph or 13 km/h and does not pose a direct threat to the Lesser Antilles.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.