12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 04th February, 2023

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°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 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.  At GFL Charles Airport: Trace    

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport:  11.1 mm 

Sunset today: 6:04 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 6:30 am.                       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather: fair to partly cloudy skies, with a low chance of showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:59 pm…Low at 9:52 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 4:06 pm…Low at 11:19 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward Islands and extreme southern Lesser Antilles,  it will be partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and above normal seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

Moist and unstable conditions over the Leeward and extreme southern Windward Islands will cause some scattered showers over these parts off the region, during the forecast period.