WEATHER REPORT

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 27TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTERS: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

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

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 30 C OR 86 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 F.

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 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 2.1 MM.      AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: TRACE

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 78.7 MM.     AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 101.7 MM

SUNSET TODAY: 6:34 PM          SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:47 AM.  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND EAST NEAR 22 MPH OR 35 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.

WEATHER:  PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  SHOWERS MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS.  

MOTORISTS AND PERSONS LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES SHOULD BE VIGILANT.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 12:41 PM… LOW AT 5:00 PM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 01:48 PM… LOW AT 6:27 PM

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

GENERALLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLYOVER THE WINDWARDS ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE, FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CLOUDINESS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERSAND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION FROM THIS EVENING AND INTO TOMORROW.

TWO OTHER TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 AND 17 MPH OR 24 AND 28 KM/H, RESPECTIVELY.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.