12:00 noon Weather Reprt 3rd August 2019

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 03 AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTER: AVLON CHARLERY

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

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 EAST AT 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.4 MM.               AT GFL CHARLES:7.9 MM

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.8 MM.               AT GFL CHARLES:9.0 MM

SUNSET TODAY: 6:31 PM                SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:48 AM

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H, WITH A FEW GUSTS.

WEATHER: FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A FEW 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: LOW AT PRESENT…HIGH AT 6:00 PM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 12:55 PM..HIGH AT 7:07 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 BRISK

WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE A FEW SHOWERY SPELLS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.                                                                                                                                                                                              

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TROPICAL WAVE IS POSSIBLE AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY NEXT WEEK AS IT APPROACHES THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THOSE ISLANDS FROM LATE SUNDAY CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.
 

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR

12 MPH TO 19 KM/H.