12:00 noon Weather Report 18th May, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°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 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.       At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 8.0 mm.    At Hewanorra Airport: 21.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:24 pm.                               Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am.     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with a few scattered showers from this evening into tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:45 pm… Low at 8:16 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:52 pm.. Low at 9:43 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds over the Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.

Low-level cloud patches moving along the wind flow will produce some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles from this evening into Friday.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.