12:00 noon Weather Report 26th July, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

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 is30°C or 86°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°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: 16.3 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 11.6 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 135.3 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 118.5 mm.    

Sunset today: 6:34 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:46 am.        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing the from between east-northeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:01 pm… Low at 11:06 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 1:03 pm… High at 07:08 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy and hazy occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions ahead of an approaching surface trough will cause a few cloudy periods with widely scattered showers, over the Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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