12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 25th March, 2024
Forecaster: Dr. E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 65%.
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: 0.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of March so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 35.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 49.5 mm.

Sunset today: 6:15 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:04 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east southeast and east
near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:15 pm…Low at 09:51 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 5:22 pm…Low at 11:18 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate light to moderate easterly to southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next 24 hours.

Moisture and instability associated with an approaching frontal trough will cause an increase in cloudiness with showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few brief showers over the southern part of the region, during the forecast period.