12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 Noon Weather Report

Date: 13th February, 2023

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 33.6 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 47.8 mm.

Sunset today: 6:08 pm                Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Generally fair and breezy.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:52 pm…High at 10:50 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 5:19 pm…High at 11:57 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and easterly to northeasterly swells 6 to 8 feet

      or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the northern Leeward Islands and extreme southern Lesser Antilles it will be partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy with scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and breezy with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will maintain generally fair conditions over most of the region and will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow will cause some cloudiness with scattered showers mainly over the extreme southern and northern portions of the region during the forecast period.