Date: 30th August, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 153.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 180.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:16 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy, 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 8:46 pm…High at 3:33 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:13 pm…High at 4:40 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean region, will continue to cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the central portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles on Friday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.