12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecasters: Venantius Descartes/Hyacinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 30° C or 86 °F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace        At GFL Charles Airport: 9.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 90.4 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 55.9 mm.

Sunset today: 5:33 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 6:04 am.   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:17 pm… Low at 11:19 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 5:24 pm… Low at 12:36 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Scattered showers embedded in a moderate easterly wind flow will occasionally drift westward across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the windward islands is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.