12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 28th May, 2023
Forecaster: E. Francis

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 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 38.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 59.6 mm.

Sunset today: 6:27 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 4:49 pm…High at 11:19 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:16 pm…High at 12:26 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves near 5 feet or 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Further north, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
Moisture and instability associated with an approaching tropical wave will cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

The atmosphere over the rest of the Lesser Antilles remains relatively moist and unstable to cause occasional cloudy periods with a few scattered showers, during the next 24 hours.

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