12:00 noon weather report

12:00 Noon Weather Report

Date: 16th April, 2024

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

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 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 66%.

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 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.1 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 10.9 mm.

Sunset today: 6:17 pm.         Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am.                 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy, with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 5:24 pm…. High at 12:24 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 6:51 pm…. High at 1:31 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5

      to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with widely scattered showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate easterly to southeasterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the forecast period.

Weak unstable conditions associated with a surface to low-level trough, will cause cloudiness with widely scattered showers mostly over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.