12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 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 21 mph of 33 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 24.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 21.5 mm.     

Sunset today: 5:50 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 6:30 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 skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:52 pm…Low at 7:57 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 1:59 pm…Low at 9:24 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days.

Low level clouds moving with the wind flow will cause a few scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located over the central tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward. This system is expected to affect the region from late Wednesday into Thursday.