Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.2 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 22.9 mm
Sunset today: 6:10 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:43 am… Low at 12:11 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:50 am… Low at 01:38 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Low level moisture and instability together with an upper level trough, will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the region during the next 24 hours.
Two areas of low pressure over the central and far eastern tropical Atlantic have developed into Tropical Depression Seventeen and Eighteen respectively.
At 5:00 am this morning the center of Tropical Depression Seventeen was located near latitude 17.3 degrees north and longitude 42.1 degrees west. The depression is moving towards the west-northwest near 6 mph or 9 km/h. This motion is expected to continue for the next few days with a gradual increase in forward speed. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h with higher gusts. Some slow strengthening is forecast over the next few days and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm later today.
Also at 5:00 am this morning the center of Tropical Depression Eighteen was located near latitude 15.2 degrees north and longitude 20.3 degrees west. The depression is moving towards the west near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This general motion with some increase in forward speed is expected over the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next two days and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm later today or tonight.
On their current trajectory both systems are forecast to remain away from the Lesser Antilles. The Saint Lucia Meteorological Services will continue to closely monitor the progress of these system.