Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 5.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 141.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 119.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:33 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and slightly hazy with a few brief showers at first, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:28 pm… High at 7:49 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 2:55 pm… High at 8:56 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy and hazy skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers today. From tomorrow it will be partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Patches of low level cloud drifting along an easterly wind flow, will cause a few scattered showers over our region today. Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across our region from tomorrow.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.