12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 30TH JULY, 2019

FORECASTER: GLENN ANTOINE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

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

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

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: NIL.          AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 11.5 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 147.7 MM.     AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 146.4 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 THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H TODAY, BECOMING

EASTERLY NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H FROM TONIGHT.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

         A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. 

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 3:18 PM…LOW AT 7:39 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 4:25 PM…LOW AT 9:06 PM.

SEAS: SLIGHT WITH WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET OR 0.6 TO 1.2 METRES TODAY, BECOMING MODERATE

      WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES FROM TONIGHT.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TRAILING A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL

CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE

LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TWO TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD

NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.

A FOURTH TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS ALSO MOVING

WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A BROAD LOW PRESSURE

SYSTEM AND HAS A LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT

5 DAYS.