Date: 04th October, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 33°C or 91°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 90.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 12.6 mm.
Sunset today: 5:51 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers at first, becoming generally cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:04 pm…High at 6:42 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:31 pm…High at 7:49 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 some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers at first, becoming generally cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow.
Moisture and instability associated with Tropical Storm Philippe, will continue to cause cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Leeward Islands during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to affect the region from tonight into tomorrow.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Philippe was located near latitude 21.2 degrees North, longitude 65.7 degrees West or about 200 miles or 320 kilometers north-northwest of St. Thomas. Philippe is moving toward the north-northwest near 7 mph or 11 km/h and away from our region.