Date: 14th August, 2024
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm At GFL Charles Airport: Trace
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 126.1 mm At GFL Charles Airport 113.2 mm
Sunset today: 6:26 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with a few light to moderate showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:43 pm…Low at 3:48 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 01:50 pm…Low at 5:15 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Unstable conditions associated with Hurricane Ernesto, will continue to affect the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, mainly during the first half of the forecast period. A relatively drier and more stable atmosphere will prevail over the remainder of the region.
…Ernesto becomes a hurricane north of Puerto Rico…
At 11:00 am today, the center of Hurricane Ernesto was located near latitude 20.5 North, longitude 67.6 West or 175 miles or 280 km northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ernesto is moving toward the northwest near 16 mph or 26 km/h. A turn towards the north-northwest and north with a gradual decrease in forward speed is expected tonight and Thursday. Maximum sustained wind speed is near 75 mph or 120 km/h, with higher gusts. The center of Ernesto will continue to move away from Puerto Rico today, move across the western Atlantic during the next few days, and approach Bermuda Friday and Saturday.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
The axis of another tropical wave, located over the far eastern Atlantic tropical wave is, moving west at 8 mph to 13 km/h. No significant convection accompanies this wave.