Date: 17th October, 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 32°C or 90°F.Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 61%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 37.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 69.7 mm.
Sunset today: 5:42 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with occasional scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:08 pm… Low at 9:42 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:15 pm… Low at 11:09 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 at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands.
Moist and unstable conditions will cause widely scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure located over the western Tropical Atlantic, has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation, during the next 48 hours and seven days. This system is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h and is expected to begin affecting the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles late tonight into tomorrow.