Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Date: 15th September, 2024
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 80%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 6.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 95.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:04 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:46 am…High at 2:16 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:13 am…High at 3:23 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability lingering over the region, will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 am today, Tropical Storm Gordon was located near latitude 19.6 north, longitude 44.8 west. Gordon is moving towards the west-southwest near 10 mph or 17 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Gordon is forecast to continue weakening and become a depression later today, and a remnant low during the next few days. This system poses no threat to our region at this time.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.
