Date: 21st September, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 76 %.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 5.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 13.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 43.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 49.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:00 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming occasionally cloudy with scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:13 pm… Low at 3:00 am… High at 10:02 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:20 pm… Low at 4:27 am… High at 11:09 am.
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 at times with scattered showers, and the possibility of isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the region.
Moisture and instability will continue to cause periods of cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region late tomorrow into Saturday.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.
A third tropical wave, located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.