12:00 noon Weather Report 21st October, 2022

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 21st October, 2022

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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 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: 25.1 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 21.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 176.5 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 224.7 mm.

Sunset today: 5:40 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Fair 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 1:23 pm…Low at 6:58 pm.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 2:30 pm…Low at 8:25 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 skies with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The atmosphere over the region remains sufficiently moist and unstable to produce a few cloudy periods with some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is drifting westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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