Date: 01st September, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is 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-southeast at 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 8.7 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September:
At Hewanorra Airport: 9.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:14 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. A gradual improvement in conditions is expected from tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:38 pm…High at 5:15 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:05 am…High at 6:22 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers over the Leeward Islands. Over the Windward islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, Tropical Depression Twelve was located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic and is moving toward the north-northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h. The depression could become a short-lived tropical storm tonight or tomorrow and weaken by Sunday. However, this system is expected to remain over the open ocean and does not pose a threat to our region.