12:00 Noon Weather Report for 17th January 2025

12:00 Noon Weather Report

Date: 17th January, 2025

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 65%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  2.8 mm.   At GFL Charles: 2.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 56.3 mm.   At GFL Charles: 48.9 mm.

Sunset today: 5:56 pm.              Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few light showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 5:58 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 01:02 pm… High at 7:05 pm.                                       

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly swells 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moderate easterly winds are expected to continue across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

A shearline over the Leeward Islands and patches of low level clouds drifting along the wind flow will cause scattered showers over the region, during the forecast period.