12:00 Noon Weather Report

Date: 19th December, 2023

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 66%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.2 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 7.0 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 131.3 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 201.0 mm.   

Sunset today: 5:40 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 6:22 am      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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 3:06 pm… High at 9:31 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 4:33 pm… High at 10:38 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly 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 locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands, generally cloudy skies with light to moderate showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A shearline will continue to cause cloudiness with scattered showers over the southern Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

Patches of low-level cloud drifting along a moderate northeasterly to easterly wind flow, will cause a few showers over the remainder of the region during the forecast period.