12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 19th September, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light shower.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 7.3 mm

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 117.7 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 186.4 mm

Sunset today: 6:01 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 9 mph or 15 km/h, variable or calm at times.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few light to moderate showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Locally, moderate to heavy showers may be possible in some areas.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:22 pm…Low at 10:44 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 5:29 pm…Low at 12:11 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the central and southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Light winds will persist across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

A trough system will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, over the central and southern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours. A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving slowly westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.