Date: 10th September, 2024
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 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 83.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 68.2 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:07 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:53 pm… Low at 3:51 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:00 pm… Low at 5:18 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a weak tropical wave, will produce some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
An area of low-pressure located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 8 mph or 13 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.
A second tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to merge with an area of low-pressure located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic and has a high chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.