12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 24th June, 2022
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly 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 26°C or 79°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: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of June so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 120.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 129.1 mm.

Sunset today: 6:35 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:37 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 20 mph
or 31 km/h.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies 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 1:40 pm… Low at 5:59 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:47 pm… Low at 7:26 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow, will cause a few showers over our region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave has a medium chance of development over the next five (5) days and a tropical depression could form during the early or middle part of next week.