12:00 NOON...DATE...JANUARY 04TH 2013...FORECASTER...VIGIL SALTIBUS. PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA.....CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY. AT GFL CHARLES...PARTLY CLOUDY. PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA................26 C OR 80 F. LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...23 C OR 73 F. WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 8:00 AM AT HEWANORRA.........5.9 MM. AT GFL CHARLES.......0.4 MM. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA.....9.4 MM. AT GFL CHARLES...9.3 MM. SUNSET TODAY...5:50 PM.............SUNRISE TOMORROW...6:33 AM. FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS.....EASTERLY NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H WITH A FEW GUSTS. WEATHER...PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS. MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA. TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...LOW AT 1:49 PM...HIGH AT 8:04 PM. TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....LOW AT 3:16 PM...HIGH AT 9:11 PM. SEAS...LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 7 TO 9 FEET OR 2.1 TO 2.7 METRES. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS. OUTLOOK FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES. ACROSS THE NORTHERN WINDWARDS AND LEEWARD ISLANDS, IT WILL BE FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. FURTHER SOUTH, PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. WEATHER SUMMARY. PATCHES OF LOW LEVEL CLOUD DRIFTING ALONG A MODERATE EASTERLY WIND FLOW, WILL CAUSE SOME SHOWERS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.