Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
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.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 84%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 70.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 103.7 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:55 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be light and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Generally fair skies.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:46 pm… High at 3:29 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:13 pm… High at 4:36 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy, with a few isolated showers.
Light and variable winds will continue across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Philippe was located near latitude 18.9 degrees North, longitude 55.1 degrees West, about 525 miles or 845 kilometers east of the northern Leeward Islands. Philippe is moving toward the west-northwest near 2 mph or 4 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Interests in the Leeward Islands should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Rina was located near latitude 18.1 degrees North, longitude 46.2 degrees West. Rina is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. This system does not pose a threat to our region at this time.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward.