Date: 24th October, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with thunderstorms and showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with thunderstorms and light rain.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 79%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h..
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 213.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 77.0 mm.
Sunset today: 5:39 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Cloudy at times with scattered showers, which maybe heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:41 pm…Low at 5:50 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 01:48 pm…Low at 7:17 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A surface trough which is moving westward across the region, will cause some cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Hurricane Tammy was located near latitude 24.2 degrees north, longitude 62.3 degrees west. Tammy is moving toward the northeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph or 120 km/h, with higher gusts. Swells generated by Tammy will continue to affect portions of the Leeward Islands during the next two days.