Date: 16th August, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 86%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 3:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 20.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 10.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 147.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 124.3 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:24 pm
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: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, 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 present… High at 1:08 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:36 pm… High at 2:15 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the northern Windward and Leeward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave, will continue to cause cloudiness and showers over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 Km/h.