Date: 13th September, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 88%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 21.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:06 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
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: Fair to partly cloudy, 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 9:01 am…High at 3:14 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:28 am…High at 4:24 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, with widely scattered showers.
Light southeasterly winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days. A relatively dry and stable atmosphere will limit shower activity over our region during the forecast period.
A broad area of low pressure of the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving towards the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.
A tropical wave further east is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.