Date: 13th September, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 83%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 87.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:06 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times, with scattered light to moderate 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: Low at 6:20 am… High at 1:13 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:47 am… High at 2:20 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward Islands, mostly cloudy with scattered showers, which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions over the region will continue to cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the islands, during the next 24 hours.
An area of low pressure located less than one hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands has degenerated into a surface trough. This system continues to drift west-northwestward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days. Cloudiness, locally heavy showers and gusty winds are still a possibility over the extreme northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, Tropical Depression Seven was located near latitude 19.0 north, longitude 38.2 west. The depression is moving towards the west-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. The depression could become a tropical storm later today, however, little change in strength is anticipated through the weekend. This system poses no threat to our region at this time.