12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 15th October, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

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 57%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.3 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 3.8 mm

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 33.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 65.9 mm

Sunset today: 5:44 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and 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: High at 2:00 pm… Low at 7:59 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:07 pm... Low at 9:26 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Over the Leeward Islands, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions will cause some scattered showers mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation, during the next seven days.