12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 15th July, 2024

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport cloudy with showers.

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 73%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 11 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 4.2 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 142.2 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 180.8 mm. 

Sunset today: 6:36 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:44 am.                      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

12 mph or 19 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times, with some light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:54 pm… High at 10:39 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 12:39 pm… Low 5:21 pm.

Seas: Moderate with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 4 to 6 feet or 1.2

      to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions associated with a trough system, will continue to produce cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Saharan dust in varying concentrations will affect visibility and air quality across the region, during the next few days.

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.  This wave is expected to begin affecting the region late Tuesday into Wednesday.

A second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is also moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic, during the next seven (7) days.