12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 16th October, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.

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 67%.

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: 3.4 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 2.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 36.5 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 68.3 mm.

Sunset today: 5:43 pm.              Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with some 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: High at 2:33 pm…Low at 8:51 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:40 pm…Low at 10:18 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions will cause some widely scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over 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 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation, during the next seven days.