12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 06th April, 2023

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at 25 mph or 41 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  1.0 mm  At GFL Charles Airport: Trace

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 35.0 mm

Sunset today: 6:16 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east and east southeast near 22 mph or 35 km/h.

Weather: Fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 04:26 pm…Low at 9:42 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 05:33 pm…Low at 11:09 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 4 to 7 feet or 1.8 to 2.1 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

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.

A trough system will cause cloudiness and showers over the Leeward and British Virgin Islands during the next 24 hours.

Further south, patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow will cause some cloudy periods with a few showers over the islands, during the forecast period.