Date: 21st December, 2024
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 12.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of December so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 57.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 93.7 mm.
Sunset today: 5:41 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:23 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers at first, becoming fair to partly cloudy with a few showers overnight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:59 pm…High at 8:04 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:26 pm…High at 9:11 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 meters.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution, due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Windward Islands, a gradual improvement is expected overnight. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Moderate easterly winds and above normal seas are expected across the Eastern Caribbean region, over the next couple of days.
Moisture and instability associated with the remnants of a low-level trough, will continue to produce some cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the central Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to impact visibility and air quality across the region, during the next few days.