Date: 07th September, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm.
Sunset today: 6:11 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-northeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly 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 11:15 am…Low at 2:33 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:22 pm…Low at 4:00 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered showers and the possibility of isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light easterly to east-northeasterly winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours. Moisture and instability associated with Hurricane Lee could cause cloudy periods, scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the northern portion of the region during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Lee was located near latitude 16.1 North, longitude 48.6 West or about 839 miles or 1351 kilometres northeast of Saint Lucia. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue through Friday with a reduction in forward speed over the weekend. Maximum sustained winds remain near 80 mph or 130 km/h, with higher gusts. Rapid strengthening is forecast and Lee is expected to become a major hurricane by early Friday. Interests in the northern Leeward Islands should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
A strong tropical wave associated with a broad area of low pressure is located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic and is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.