12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 06th July, 2021
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east 26 mph or 43 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.5 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 6.7 mm
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 60.8 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 63.6 mm
Sunset today: 6:36 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:41 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy, breezy and hazy skies becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution due to poor air quality.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:30 pm…Low at 6:45 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:37 pm…Low at 8:12 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, over the far southern Windward Islands including Trinidad and Tobago. Elsewhere, Occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure system will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region. Low level cloud patches drifting along this wind flow, will cause some scattered showers over the Leeward and central Windward Islands region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave will continue to produce frequent cloudy periods, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the far southern portion of the Eastern Caribbean region.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are both moving westward near 15 mph 24 km/h.
Saharan dust haze will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality around our region during the next few days.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.
The alert level at the La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent remains at Orange. Interests in Saint Lucia and the south-eastern Caribbean region are advised to continue monitoring official sources for updates.