12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 17th September, 2024
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is 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 27°C or 81°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 9.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 93.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 110.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 175.5 mm.
Sunset today: 6:03 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few brief showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. A gradual improvement in conditions is expected to continue as the afternoon progresses.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:16 pm…Low at 08:57 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 4:23 pm…Low at 10:24 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, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The atmosphere over the southern Lesser Antilles remains very moist and unstable due to the presence of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and a surface to low-level trough. Cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue over that area, during the next 24 hours.
Gordon has degenerated to a trough of low pressure. These remnants will continue to move northward and continue to pose no threat to the region.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 8 mph or 13 km/h.