12:00 noon Weather Report 07th September, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the west at 6 mph or 9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.6 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: nil          

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 55.2 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 17.9 mm  

Sunset today: 6:10 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am                                                        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers and a low to medium chance of isolated thunderstorms with locally heavy showers this afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:49 pm…Low at 12:27 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:56 pm…High at 6:56 pm

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave is across the Eastern Caribbean. The wave is expected to continue to produce periods of cloudiness, scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly over the northern half of the region, during the forecast period. It is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

A second tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.