Date: 08th July, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 23°C or 73°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 78%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 42.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 9.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 90.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 134.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:41 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies should take the necessary precautions due to reduced air quality.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 6:07 pm…Low at 10:51 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:12 pm…High 7:14 pm…Low at 12:18 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
Small craft operators are advised to exercise caution due to reduced visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy, with scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, over the northern half of the region. Elsewhere, fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability left in the wake of a tropical wave, will produce some cloudy periods with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
A plume of Saharan dust haze will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the region, during the next couple of days.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.