Date: 19th July, 2024
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 78%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 17.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 174.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 212.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:45 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:35 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered light to moderate showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms tonight. A gradual improvement is expected from tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:19 pm…High at 2:12 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:46 pm…High at 3:19 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 above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy, with scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and hazy, with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave, will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles tonight.
A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to cause a reduction in air quality and visibility across the Eastern Caribbean, over the next few days.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic, during the next seven (7) days.