12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecasters: Webster Gajadhar/Hyacinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 26 °C or 79 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 17 mph or

28 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 the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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: Low at 1:13 pm… High at 7:23 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:40 pm… High at 8:30 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

Leeward Islands and extreme southern portion of the region. Elsewhere, fair

to partly cloudy skies with a few brief 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 surface trough will continue to cause some cloudiness and showers over

the Leeward Islands. Low level moisture and instability will cause a few showers to develop over the extreme southern portion of the region during the next 24 hours. Elsewhere, relatively drier and stable conditions will prevail.