12:00 noon Weather report 18th July 2024

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 18th July, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 10.0 mm    GFL Charles Airport: 1.1 mm        

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 161.2 mm   GFL Charles Airport: 190.9 mm  

Sunset today: 6:35 pm                  Sunrise tomorrow: 5:44 am            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:44 pm…Low at 6:29 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:51 pm…Low at 7:56 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 scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave approaching the Lesser Antilles, is expected to produce an increase in periods of cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the region, during the next 24 hours.

A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to cause a reduction in air quality and visibility across the Eastern Caribbean, over the next few days.

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