12:00 noon Weather Report 03rd September, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 33°C or 91°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast 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: 3.9 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 13.3 mm.

Sunset today: 6:14 pm.                               Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Generally fair, hazy and warm, with a slight chance of brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:59 pm…Low at 12:34 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 1:02 pm… High at 7:06 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly to east-southeasterly winds across the region during the next few days. Patches of low-level cloud drifting along this wind flow will cause a few showers over the region during the forecast period.  

A tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.