12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°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 24 mph or 39 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 10:00 am today:

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

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 1.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:17 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am.   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies today, becoming occasionally cloudy with a few scattered showers during the night.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 5:03 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at present…Low at 6:30 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to maintain a moderate easterly wind flow across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.

Low level cloud patches drifting along the wind flow, will bring some scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

Weak unstable conditions generated by an upper level trough, will cause a few scattered showers over the remainder of the region during the forecast period.