Date: 11th October, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 70%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 152.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 57.7 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:46 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:42 pm…High at 2:11 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:09 pm…High at 3:18 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers.
Relatively moist and unstable conditions over the region, will cause occasional cloudiness with scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Sean was located near latitude 11.6 degrees north, longitude 35.3 degrees west. Sean is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 72 hours.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 7 days.