Date: 27th September, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers and thunderstorms.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 91%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 64.8 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 southeast near 9 mph or 15 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: Low at 8:02 am…High at 2:28 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:29 am…High at 3:35 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 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Philippe was located near latitude 17.6 degrees north, longitude 52.7 degrees west or 685 miles or 1100 kilometres east of the northern Leeward Islands. Philippe is moving toward the west near 12 mph or 19 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 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 20 mph or 31 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.