Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy skies, with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
By SLUMET
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 15.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 92.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:35 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:44 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy skies, with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution due to reduced air quality.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:11 am…High at 5:29 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:38 pm…High at 6:36 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
Small craft operators are advised to exercise caution due to reduced visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few showers over the Leeward Islands. Over the Windwards Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and an approaching tropical wave, will generate cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A plume of Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality over the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
