12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 17th November, 2021

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°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: 1.0 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 4.9 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 32.6 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 59.9 mm.

Sunset today: 5:32 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 6:05 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:15 pm…Low at 8:50 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:22 pm…Low at 10:17 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the forecast period.

Low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow, will cause some widely scattered showers over the region during the next 24 hours.

Two surface troughs located over the central Tropical Atlantic are drifting slowly westward.  

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