12:00 n00n weather report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 10th February, 2024

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick    

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport partly cloudy and hazy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 67%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport:1.0 mm        

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.5 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport 2.1      

Sunset today: 6:07 pm.                        Sunrise tomorrow: 6:29 am.                    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near

17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief

        showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:09 pm…. Low at 10:33 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 5:16 pm…. Low at 12:00 Midnight.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells

      5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers over the Leeward and Northern Windward Islands.  Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moisture and weak instability associated with shallow low-level trough will cause cloudiness and widely scattered showers mostly over the Leeward and Northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

The plume of Saharan dust which was affecting the Lesser Antilles is receding eastwards but is forecast to return over the region by Monday.