12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 09th July, 2022

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°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 24 mph or 39 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport:  1.2 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 1.9 mm                 

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 114.1 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 120.4 mm   

Sunset today: 6:36 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:42 am                                                         

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 23 mph or 37 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy 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 12:49 pm… Low at 5:01 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 1:56 pm… Low at 6:26 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet

or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.                                       

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days.

Moisture and instability will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.

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

Another Tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is also moving westward at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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