Date: 20th October, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with moderate showers.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 6.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 47.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 76.5 mm.
Sunset today: 5:41 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and slightly hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered light to moderate showers mainly during the afternoon.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:09 pm… Low at 12:22 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at present… High at 6:16 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times and slightly hazy, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Moisture and instability trailing a surface trough will produce occasional cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across parts of the region, during the next 24 hours.
A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to impact visibility and air quality across the region, during the next couple of days.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.