Weather: Generally fair skies, with a chance of brief isolated showers

By slumet

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 159.3 mm.

Sunset today: 5:44 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter at times.  

Weather: Generally fair skies, with a chance of brief isolated showers. 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:24 am…High at 3:40 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:51 am…High at 4:47 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers. 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days. Low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow, will cause a few brief showers over the region during the forecast period. At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Depression Sean was located near latitude 17.4 degrees north, longitude 46.2 degrees west or about 1110 miles or 1790 kilometers east of the northern Leeward Islands. Sean is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. Additional weakening is anticipated over the weekend and Sean is forecast to dissipate by late Monday.  

An area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.