Date: 04th September, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
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-southeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 13.8 mm.
Sunset today: 6:13 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 and hazy.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:10 pm…High at 6:39 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:37 pm…High at 7:46 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with isolated showers over the Leeward and Windward Islands. Over Trinidad and Tobago and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly to east-southeasterly winds across the region during the next few days.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is expected to affect the extreme southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days.