12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 13th October, 2022

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°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:

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace     At GFL Charles Airport:3.2 mm   

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 124.4 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 178.0 mm

Sunset today: 5:45 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.                               

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 17 mph or

28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:16 pm… Low at 12:24 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:25 pm… High at 6:23 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days. Patches of low level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause widely scattered showers over the region during the forecast period.

A weak tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to be over the region by late Friday.  

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days, as it moves westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.