Date: 12th September, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 78%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 31.9 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:06 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Generally fair, with a chance of brief isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:54 pm…High at 2:31 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:21 pm…High at 3:38 am.
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, with a few scattered showers.
Light southeasterly winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next two days. A relatively dry and stable atmosphere will limit shower activity over our region during the forecast period.
The two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic, have merged into one elongated area of low pressure. This system is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h, and has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven (7) days.