12 NOON WEATHER REPORT

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 29th January, 2020

Forecasters: Maclean Jn Baptiste/Hyacinthia Camille

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 east-southeast at 16 mph or

26 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 January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.2 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 98.8 mm.   

Sunset today: 6:02 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather:  Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 6:35 pm… Low at 12:53 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 01:46 pm… High at 7:42 pm

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers over the southern Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few 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.

Moisture and instability in the atmosphere over the southern half of the region will cause some showery periods, over that area within the forecast period.

A relatively dry and stable atmosphere will maintain generally fair conditions over the rest of the islands during the next 24 hours.