Date: 31st August, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 68%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 231.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 209.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:15 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:59 pm…Low at 7:35 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:06 pm…Low at 9:02 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the central Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The atmosphere over the region remains sufficiently moist and unstable to cause unsettled weather conditions mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave associated with an area of disturbed weather is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. Gradual development of this system is expected and a tropical depression could form by early next week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles. It is currently moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to start affecting our region from Monday.
A second tropical wave is located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic. Some slow development of this wave is possible as it moves westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h, over the next few days.