12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31 °C or 88 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28 °C or 82 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 108.1 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 172.5 mm.   

Sunset today: 5:54 pm.       Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.

Weather: Fair to partly 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 4:40 pm… Low at 11:02 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 5:47 pm… Low at 12:29 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy over the northern portion of the region. Elsewhere it will be fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A relatively dry and stable atmosphere will maintain mostly fair weather conditions across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves located over the Central Tropical Atlantic and just off the West African coast are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.