12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 13th 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 33°C or 91°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 72%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.9 mm At Hewanorra Airport: 7.7 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 88.4 mm At Hewanorra Airport: 76.5 mm
Sunset today: 6:06 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered moderate 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: High at 1:13 pm…Low at 4:48 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:20 pm…Low at 6:15 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward Islands, mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A surface trough is over the Leeward Islands. This trough is drifting west-northwestward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and has a low chance of tropical cyclone development during the next seven days. Increased periods of cloudiness, locally heavy showers and gusty winds are expected over the extreme northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
Further south, the atmosphere is very moist and unstable. A few of cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms can be expected across those islands during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, Tropical Depression Seven was upgraded to Tropical storm Gordon. Gordon is located near latitude 19.4 north, longitude 38.6 west and is moving towards the west-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. Slight strengthening is expected today before a weakening trend begins on Saturday. This system poses no threat to our region at this time.