12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 03rd September, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with recent showers.

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 73%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 2.0 mm               

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 45.1 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 16.0 mm                      

Sunset today: 6:13 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am                

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:08 pm… Low at 9:45 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High at 5:15 pm… Low at 11:12 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow will cause a few widely scattered showers over the region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 18 mph or 30 km/h. This wave has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.

A second tropical wave located over the far eastern Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave has a medium chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.