12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 18th October, 2022
Forecaster: E. Francis
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 at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 128.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 186.3 mm.
Sunset today: 5:42 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming
lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times 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 present….Low at 3:46 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:55 pm…Low at 5:13 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 3 feet or 0.6 to 0.9 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Light to moderate easterly winds will continue across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days. Patches of low level clouds moving with the wind flow will cause a few cloudy periods with scattered showers over the region during the forecast period.
A weak tropical wave located about 350 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving slowly westward. This wave is expected to move across the region late tonight into tomorrow.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.