Date: 22nd October, 2023
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is overcast and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 76%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 25.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 4.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 210.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 76.5 mm.
Sunset today: 5:40 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the south and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Mostly cloudy and hazy, with some scattered light to moderate showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are advised to be vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 2:47 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:18 pm…Low at 4:14 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate to with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward and Windward Islands, generally cloudy with scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations, periods of rain and thunderstorms. Over Trinidad and Tobago, partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Moisture and instability trailing Hurricane Tammy will continue to cause cloudiness, periods of rain, scattered showers and thunderstorms over most of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
… TAMMY PULLING AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS…
At 11:00 am today, the center of Hurricane Tammy was located near latitude 19.1 degrees north, longitude 63.0 degrees west or about 60 miles or 100 kilometers north of Anguilla. Tammy is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h, and this general motion is expected to continue today. Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph or 130 km/h, with higher gusts.
On the forecast track, the center of Tammy will continue to move further away from the region. However, swells generated by Tammy will continue to affect the northern Leeward Islands during the next two days.
A surface trough located over the western tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward. This system is expected to affect our region on Tuesday.