12:00 NOON Weather Report

Date: 18th May, 2026

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°c or 84°F.

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 11.8 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 6.7 mm.  

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 36.5 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 16.4 mm. 

Sunset today: 6:24 pm                 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times, with some light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 5:56 pm… Low at 10:04 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:36 pm… High at 7:03 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and easterly swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8

      to 2.7 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas over and around the region, during the next few days.

Weak unstable conditions associated with a mid to upper-level trough will cause some showers to develop over the region, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Southern Windward Islands is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next 7 days.