Date: 08th September, 2023
Forecaster: Avlon Charlery/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southwest at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 8.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 20.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 24.6 mm.
Sunset today: 6:10 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and south near 6 mph or 9 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:42 pm… Low at 3:55 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 1:49 pm… Low at 5:22 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the northern Windward and Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days. Moisture and instability associated with Hurricane Lee may cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
…Lee is a category 4 hurricane…
At 11:00 am today, the eye of Hurricane Lee was located near latitude 18.2 North, longitude 54.5 West or about 565 miles or 910 kilometres east of the northern Leeward Islands. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h, and this motion is expected to continue for the next several days with a significant decrease in its forward speed. Maximum sustained winds are near 155 mph or 250 km/h, with higher gusts. Swells generated by Lee are expected to reach portions of the Lesser Antilles today. Interests in the northern Leeward Islands should continue to monitor the progress of Lee.