Date: 07th September, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 93%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport:1.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 52.0 mm
Sunset today: 6:10 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 lighter, variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with brief 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 present… Low at 11:29 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:12 am… Low at 12:56 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 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, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
An upper-level trough together with a 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 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A second tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.