Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave is expected to cause some cloudiness with a few showers

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Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave is expected to cause some cloudiness with a few showers

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 79%.

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 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 206.9 mm.

Sunset today: 6:28 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 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: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 11:49 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 01:16 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and easterly swells 5 to 7 feet o 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution, due to brisk winds and above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the extreme southern portion of the region, it will be cloudy to overcast with showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and above normal seas across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next few days.

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave is expected to cause some cloudiness with a few showers mainly over the extreme southern portion of the region today.

Another tropical wave located over the western tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 17 mph 28 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the southern half of the Lesser Antilles late Friday into Saturday.