12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 18^th September, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is 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 77%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.1 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 3.6 mm

Total rainfall for the month of September thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 117.4 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 179.4 mm

Sunset today: 6:02 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am                     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with scattered showers which may be heavy and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the western and northern portions of the island.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High: 3:48 pm… Low: 9:50 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High: 4:55 pm… Low: 11:17 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central and southern Windward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and a low-level trough system will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the central and southern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.