Instability associated with an upper-level trough system will cause scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms 

By SLUMET

Date: 08th October, 2022

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: trace. 

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 35.7 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 71.1 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:48 pm.       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:36 pm… High at 3:18 am.   

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:03 pm… HIGH at 4:25 Am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Further north, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Instability associated with an upper-level trough system will cause scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.