12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 01st January, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30 °C or 86 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25 °C or 77 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of December:
At Hewanorra Airport: 71.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 89.9 mm.
Sunset today: 5:46 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:28 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east southeast and east northeast
near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few
scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:51 pm…Low at 7:55 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:18 pm…Low at 9:02 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly
swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.
A weak frontal trough will continue to cause cloudiness with a few showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
Low level moisture and instability will produce a few showers over the remainder of the region during the forecast period.