12:00 noon Weather Report 07th April, 2023

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 07th April, 2023

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.

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-southeast at 26 mph or 43 km/h

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  5.3 mm    At GFL Charles Airport:  2.6 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.3 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 37.6 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 between the east and east-southeast near 23 mph or 37 km/h with a few gusts.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, breezy and hazy, with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:16 pm…Low at 11:36 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 5:09 pm…Low at 10:09 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy with scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms, over the Leeward and Northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few brief 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, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward and Northern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours.

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