12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 24TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTERS: GLENN ANTOINE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 31 C OR 88 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 25 C OR 77 F.

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: 2.3 MM.       AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 5.7 MM     

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 66.8 MM.      AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 95.4 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:34 PM.                    SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:46 AM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH

OR 31 KM/H.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH SOME SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE 

         SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 2:28 PM…HIGH AT 09:07 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 3:55 PM…HIGH AT 10:14 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 7 FEET OR 1.5 TO 2.1 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ABOVE

NORMAL SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND A CHANCE

OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES TODAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT

ABOUT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION

FROM TOMORROW.

A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.