Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of June:
At Hewanorra Airport: 74.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:39 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 22 mph or 35 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, with some scattered showers and a chance isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are advised to remain vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:48 am…Low at 3:10 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:55 am…Low at 4:37 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy, with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions trailing a tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT LUCIA.
…TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE BECOMES TROPICAL STORM ELSA…
At 5:00 am today the centre of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude 9.4 degrees north, longitude 48.8 degrees west or about 865 miles or 1390 kilometres east-southeast of Saint Lucia.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 40 mph or 65 km/h. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles or 165 kilometres from the centre. The system is expected to produce tropical storm winds up to near 60 mph or 96 km/h and rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches or 76 to 152 mm with maximum totals of 8 inches or 203 mm across the Windward Islands and Barbados on Friday.
Tropical Storm Elsa is moving towards the west near 25 mph or 41 km/h. An even faster motion to the west-northwest is expected over the next 24 to 36 hours. On the forecast track, the system will pass near Saint Lucia or over the Windward Islands on Friday and move into the eastern Caribbean Sea late Friday and Friday night.
Tropical Storm warnings are also in effect for Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados. A tropical storm watch is in effect for Guadeloupe.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
The alert level at the La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent remains at Orange. Interests in Saint Lucia and the Caribbean region are advised to continue monitoring official sources for updates.