Date: 18th September, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 66%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 31.7 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 34.6 mm.
Sunset today: 6:03 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-southeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:16 pm…Low at 11:49 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:24 pm…High at 6:23 pm
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers over the Leeward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light easterly to east-southeasterly winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
Weak unstable conditions associated with a trough system, may cause some showers to develop mainly over the northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.