12:00 noon Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

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 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.              At GFL Charles Airport: 0.6 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 89.1 mm.            At GFL Charles Airport: 79.2 mm.

Sunset today: 6:36 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:43 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 with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:49 pm…High at 7:28 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 2:16 pm…High at 8:35 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy with light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern half of the region from tonight.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Low level cloud patches drifting along the wind flow will cause a few scattered showers over our region today.

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern part of our region from tonight into tomorrow.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.