Date: 17th October, 2024
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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 71%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. 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.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:42 pm.
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 a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:42 pm…High at 4:26 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:09 pm…High at 5:33 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Mostly cloudy, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers.
Moist and unstable conditions associated with a tropical wave accompanied by an area of low pressure, will cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. This system is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h and has a low chance of tropical cyclone development, during the next seven days.
Another tropical wave has emerged off the African coast and is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.