12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 11.3 mm.

Sunset today: 6:27 pm.                               Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly and hazy, with brief isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:24 pm…High at 8:22 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:51 pm…High at 9:29 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with brief isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate east-southeasterly winds across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Weak unstable conditions trailing a tropical wave, will cause a few isolated showers over the islands this afternoon.  Generally dry and hazy conditions are expected over the region from this evening.

The second tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has formed over the southeastern coast of the United States of America.  At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Bertha was located about 40 miles or 65 kilometres northeast of Charleston South Carolina. This system poses no threat to the Eastern Caribbean region.