12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 19th March, 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 29°C or 84°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 or 33 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of March so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 8.6 mm.

Sunset today: 6:14 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:07 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near
21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair skies at first, becoming increasingly cloudy later this afternoon into tonight 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 12:44 pm…Low at 7:29 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 01:51 pm…Low at 8:56 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
Weak unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean, will cause occasional cloudy periods with some scattered showers across the islands of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located about 500 miles east of the lesser Antilles is drifting slowly westward.