Date: 08th August, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 28.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 7.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 34.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 12.5 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:29 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers this evening, becoming fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few showers overnight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 9:08 pm…High at 3:51 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 10:35 pm…High at 4:58 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Over the southern Windwards and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability trailing a tropical wave, will continue to cause cloudy conditions with showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of our region tonight.
An area of low pressure located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Conditions are favourable for some gradual development and this system may become a tropical depression within the next few days. It is forecast to reach the Windward Islands late tomorrow, Monday. Interests around the Eastern Caribbean islands are advised to closely monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a forty (40) percent chance of developing into tropical cyclone during the next five days.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.