Date: 01st July, 2024
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is overcast with rain.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 88%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 35 mph or 56 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 22.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 31.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 135.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 94.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:39 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:36 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east-southeast near 30 mph or 48 km/h, with higher gusts tonight, becoming easterly near 20 mph or 31 km/h tomorrow.
Weather: Cloudy to overcast with some moderate to heavy showers, periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers overnight.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are advised to continue to exercise caution tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 5:07 pm…High at 12:00 am…Low at 7:17 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:34 pm…High at 01:07 am…Low at 8:44 am.
Seas: Very rough with waves and swells 13 to 20 feet or 4.0 to 6.1 metres tonight, becoming locally rough with waves and swells 7 to 10 feet or 2.1 to 3.0 metres tomorrow.
Residents are advised to stay away from the beaches and coastlines. Small craft operators are advised to remain in port.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy with gusty winds, isolated thunderstorms, scattered moderate to heavy showers and periods of rain at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers overnight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Saint Lucia.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Hurricane Beryl was located near latitude 13.2 North, longitude 63.2 west or about 158 miles 254 km west-southwest of St Lucia. Beryl is moving toward the west-northwest near 21 mph (33 km/h). The center of Beryl will continue moving away from the southern Windward Islands tonight and move quickly westward to west-northwestward during the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 150 mph (240 km/h) with higher gusts. On the forecast track, the center of Beryl will move across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea tonight through
Tuesday and is forecast to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday. Residents in Saint Lucia should expect the hazards associated with the passage of the system to gradually diminish over the next 6 to 12 hours. All are also strongly advised to continue to monitor the progress of this system and pay particular attention to local weather updates issued by the Saint Lucia Meteorological Services.
Showers and thunderstorms continue in association with an area of low pressure located about 1000 miles 1600 km east-southeast of the Windward Islands. Environmental conditions appear marginally conducive for additional development of this system, and a tropical depression could form by the middle part of this week while it moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the central and western tropical Atlantic.
Interests in the Lesser Antilles should continue to closely monitor the progress of this system.
For the latest advisory on Hurricane Beryl, please visit www.slumet.gov.lc.