12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 20th May, 2023

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°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 22 mph or 35 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace          At GFL Charles Airport: 2.0 mm   

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 10.3 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 24.8 mm 

Sunset today: 6:25 pm.         Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 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 few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:08 pm…Low at 09:28 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:15 pm…Low at 10:55 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells

      5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal sea swells.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers over the southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.

Low-level clouds moving with the wind flow, will produce some scattered showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.