12:00 Noon Weather Report for 16th October 2022

12:00 Noon Weather Report

Date: 16th October, 2022

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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-southeast at 16 mph or 26 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 October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 128.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 186.3 mm.    

Sunset today: 5:43 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:39 pm… High at 7:38 pm.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:06 pm… High at 8:45 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 0.9 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers, elsewhere.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period, as it moves westward acsross the region. 

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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