Date: 27th August, 2024
Forecaster: Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport 3.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 219.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 192.8 mm.
Sunset today: 6:18 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter or variable at times.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few showers at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from late tonight into tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 3:02 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:58 pm… Low at 4:29 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere will continue to produce occasional cloudiness, with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the region, mainly during the first half of the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to begin affecting the region from tonight.
Another tropical wave over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.
An area of low pressure is expected to form over the central Tropical Atlantic in a few days. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next seven (7) days as it moves westward to west-northwestward near 13 mph or 20 km/h.