12:00 noon Weather Report 30th 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-southeast at 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.       At GFL Charles Airport: 2.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 40.2 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 61.9 mm.

Sunset today: 6:28 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:40 pm… Low at 5:59 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 1:47 pm… Low at 7:26 pm.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 5 feet or 1.2 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward and Windward Islands, partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers. Over Trinidad and Tobago and areas further south, partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A weak tropical wave will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the extreme southern portion of our region during the next 24 hours.

Low-level clouds moving along a moderate easterly wind flow, will produce a few scattered showers over the remainder of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

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