Date: 08th October, 2022
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 pm last night:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 35.1 mm.
Sunset today: 5:48 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 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: Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:22 am…High at 2:47 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:49 am…High at 3:54 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Further north, fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.
Instability associated with an upper-level trough will cause a few scattered showers over the northern and central portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will continue to produce scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Julia was located near latitude 12.7 degrees north and longitude 78.0 degrees west. Julia is moving towards the west near 18 mph or 30 km/m. Hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches have been issued for the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras and for the islands in that area. Tropical Storm Julia poses no threat to our region.