FORECASTER: VIGIL SALTIBUS
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 30 C OR 86 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.1 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 1.2 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 39.8 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 31.9 MM.
SUNSET TODAY: 6:36 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:42 AM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H.
WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS TODAY. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS AND SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FROM TOMORROW FRIDAY.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 12:17 PM… LOW AT 4:53 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 01:24 PM… LOW AT 6:20 PM.
SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FROM TOMORROW FRIDAY.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
AT 11:00 AM TODAY TROPICAL STORM BARRY FORMED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND POSES NO THREAT TO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS.
OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC, A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED NEAR 530 MILES OR 980 KM EAST OF SAINT LUCIA, IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BY FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY.
FURTHER EAST, A TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS A LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.