Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 72%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 31.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 33.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:03 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:27 pm… High at 4:57 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:54 pm… High at 6:04 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy, with some scattered showers over the Leeward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies.
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
Unstable conditions associated with a trough system, will cause some showers to develop mainly over the northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Depression Fifteen was located near latitude 20.8 north, longitude 47.1 west. The depression is moving towards the north-northwest near 16 mph or 26 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. The system is expected to become a tropical storm later today and a hurricane early next week, and is not expected to pose a threat to our region.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.