12:00 noon Weather Report 22nd July, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 18 mph or 30 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 July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 190.4 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 196.8 mm.

Sunset today: 6:35 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:45 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east 16 near mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:20 pm… Low at 4:27 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 1:27 pm… Low at 5:54 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 a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-pressure system will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days. Low level cloud patches moving along the wind flow, will cause a few brief showers over the region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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