Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 81%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 6.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 34.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 70.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 100.1 mm.
Sunset today: 5:56 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and south near 7 mph or 11 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:28 pm… Low at 7:51 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:35 pm… Low at 9:18 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward to central Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
A trough system will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunder-storms over the northern to central portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Philippe was located near latitude 17.5 degrees north, longitude 53.7 degrees west or 620 miles or 995 kilometres east of the northern Leeward Islands. Philippe is moving toward the west near 9 mph or 15 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Interests in the Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A strong tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.