Date: 31st August, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°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 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 153.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 181.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:16 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:13 pm…Low at 09:42 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 5:20 pm…Low at 11:09 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers over the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few isolated showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions will continue to cause some scattered showers 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 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles from tomorrow.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.