Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31° C or 88 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 23 °C or 73 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of November so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 59.3 mm.
Sunset today: 5:32 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:06 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 2:25 pm…High at 8:57 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:52 pm…High at 10:04 pm.
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 some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere around the Eastern Caribbean region will cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands during the next 24 hours.
…Tropical Storm Sebastien forms northeast of the Leeward Islands…
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 20.1 North, longitude 58.7 West. Sebastien is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph or 13 km/h. A turn to the north is expected on Wednesday followed by a turn to the northeast and an increase in forward speed Wednesday night.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h with higher gusts. Some slight strengthening is possible over the next day or so.
Sebastien is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.