Date: 05th September, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°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 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:12 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy 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 8:04 am…Low at 12:48 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:11 am…Low at 02:15 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few light showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly to east-southeasterly winds across the region, during the next few days.
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will continue to affect the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 18 mph or 30 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next two days.
Another tropical wave will emerge off the west African coast today and will move westward across the Tropical Atlantic near 13 mph or 2o km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.