12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 18th August, 2024
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 66%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: Trace At GFL Charles Airport: 9.7 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 147.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 145.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:24 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and northeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:29 pm…Low at 8:04 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:36 pm…Low at 9:31 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the Windward Islands.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A weak tropical wave will cause some cloudiness with scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms over the central and southern portions of the region, during the forecast period. This wave is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next (7) days.