12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 27th October, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy 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 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 156.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 229.2 mm.
Sunset today: 5:38 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:57 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east southeast near
21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to continue to be vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:35 pm…High at 7:37 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 02:02 pm…High at 8:44 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the extreme southern portion of the region. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds around the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality around the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next couple of days.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will generate cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the region during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.