12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 10th September, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

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 26°C or 79°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 25.6 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 31.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 83.5 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 68.2 mm.

Sunset today: 6:08 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-southeast near 13 mph or 20 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.

Weather: Fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:48 pm…High at 7:53 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:15 pm…High at 9:00 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a weak tropical wave, will produce some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

An area of low-pressure located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.

A second tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to merge with an area of low-pressure located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic and has a high chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days.