12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 23rd October, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph
or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 212.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airpot: 77.0 mm.
Sunset today: 5:40 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near
10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, 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 4:29 pm….High at 11:17 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 1:09 pm…Low at 5:56 pm…High at 12:24 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the northern Leeward Islands, generally cloudy with scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Rain bands associated with Hurricane Tammy will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Leeward Islands, during the forecast period.
Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere will cause occasional cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the central and southern portions of the region during the next 24 hours.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Hurricane Tammy was located near latitude 21.9 degrees north, longitude 63.9 degrees west. Tammy is moving toward the north near 7 mph or 11 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph or 130 km/h, with higher gusts. Swells generated by Tammy will continue to affect portions of the Leeward Islands during the next two days.
A surface trough located over the western tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward. This system is expected to affect our region on Tuesday.