Date: 19th October, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is variable at 5 mph or 7 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: nil
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 178.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 68.7 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:41 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and northeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered 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 present…Low at 1:29 am…High at 8:25 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:04 pm…Low at 2:56 am…High at 9:32 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Mostly cloudy skies, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability moving ahead of Tropical Storm Tammy, will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Tammy was located near latitude 13.7 degrees North, longitude 56.6 degrees West or about 200 miles or 320 kilometers east of Barbados. Tammy is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph or 20 km/h. A turn toward the northwest is forecast on Friday and this motion should continue through Saturday. On the forecast track, the center of Tammy will move near or over the Leeward Islands on Friday and Saturday. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph or 95 km/h, with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is expected to begin on Friday and continue into this weekend. Tammy is forecast to be at or near hurricane intensity when it moves near the Leeward Islands.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Guadeloupe, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat and St Kitts and Nevis. Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for Barbados, Martinique, and the extreme northern Leeward Islands. Interests in the rest of the region are advised to monitor the progress of this system.