12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 31st July, 2023

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is from the southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 14.9 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 13.9 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 166.4 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 175.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:32 pm         Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the south and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:39 pm…Low at 7:48 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 4:46 pm…Low at 9:15 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern portion of the region. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

A broad area of low pressure located about 700 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands, has a high chance of tropical cyclone development during the next 48 hours. This system is moving toward the northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h and poses no direct threat to our region.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.