12:00 noon Weather Report 18th November, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly 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 at 22 mph or 35 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 13.8 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 4.2 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 46.4 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 64.1 mm.     

Sunset today: 5:32 pm        Sunrise tomorrow: 6:06 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers mainly from evening into tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:41 pm… Low at 09:27 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:48 pm… Low at 10:54 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a weak low-level trough, will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers across the Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.

A surface trough located over the central Tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward.  

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