Date: 22nd May, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°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 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.8 mm
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 15.5 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:26 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:20 pm…High at 2:47 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:47 PM…High at 3:54 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and easterly swells 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate easterly to east southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next few days.
Weak unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere, will continue to cause a few cloudy periods with showers over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
The first tropical wave of the season has been analyzed and is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h, over the central Tropical Atlantic.