12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT 29 JULY 2019

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 29TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

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

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

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 24 C OR 75 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH OR 20 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 53.3 MM   AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 26.8 MM. 

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 147.7 MM   AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 134.9 MM.     

SUNSET TODAY: 6:33 PM.                        SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:47 AM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH OR 23 KM/H, BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS. RAINFALL MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS. 

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 2:34 PM… LOW AT 6:47 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 3:41 PM… LOW AT 8:14 PM.

SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.5 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

OCCASIONAL CLOUDY PERIODS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TRAILING A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME SHOWERY PERIODS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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

A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED NEAR THE WEST AFRICAN COAST IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 14 MPH OR 23 KM/H.