12:00 noon Weather Report 24th May, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is 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-southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 24.7 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 53.2 mm.

Sunset today: 6:26 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:34 pm… High at 8:01 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 3:01 pm… High at 9:08 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the northern Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moisture and instability trailing a trough system, will continue to cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.