Date: 06th September, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with thunderstorms.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair with thunderstorms.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southwest at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 50.6 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 17.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:11 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and southwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming variable and calm at times.
Weather: Fair and warm, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers and afternoon thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:20 pm…Low at 11:43 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:34 pm…High at 6:27 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few isolated showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
An upper-level trough together with an approaching tropical wave, is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness, scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly over the northern half of the region, during the forecast period. The wave is moving westward near 17 mph or 25 km/h.
A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This wave also has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.