Date: 13th October, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77 %.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 159.3 mm.
Sunset today: 5:45 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:37 am… High at 2:49 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:04 am… High at 3:56 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.
Weak unstable conditions over the region will continue to cause occasional cloudiness with showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Sean was located near latitude 14.3 degrees north, longitude 40.5 degrees west. Sean is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Sean is forecast to degenerate later this weekend.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 7 days.