12:00 noon weather report 06/23/2023

12:00 Noon Weather Report

Date: 06th December, 2023

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 66%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm. At GLF Charles Airport… 1.4 mm

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 14.9 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport… 10.5 mm.    

Sunset today: 5:34 pm.         Sunrise tomorrow: 6:15 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 to cloudy and breezy, with widely scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 5:15 pm… High at 11:18 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at present…Low at 6:42 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 6 to 9 feet

      or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to

brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy, with widely scattered showers over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and breezy, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

A surface trough located a few hundred miles east of the southern Windward Islands is drifting slowly westward. This system will bring an increase in cloudiness with some showers mostly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.