12:00 noon Weather Report 29th July, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 78%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.            At GFL Charles Airport: 1.9 mm          

Total rainfall for the month of July thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 200.3 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 240.5 mm.    

Sunset today: 6:33 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am                   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:33 pm… High at 10:34 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 12:56 pm… Low at 5:00 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A low-level trough located just east of the southern Windward Islands, will cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the region during the next 24 hours.

The Atlantic High-pressure system will generate moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, during the next couple of days. Patches of low-level cloud drifting along this wind flow, will cause a few showers over the remainder of the region, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave associated with an area of disturbed weather, is located over the central Tropical Atlantic. This system is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and some development is possible, as it approaches the Lesser Antilles by midweek.

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