WEATHER REPORT

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 05TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTERS: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSHOWERS.

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

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 F.

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

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 39.1 MM.        AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 21.2 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 47.8 MM.        AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 34.2 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:30 PM                                                       SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:49 AM                       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H, WITH GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS.

WEATHER: GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT AND EXERCISE CAUTION.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 12:53 PM… HIGH AT 7:27 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 02:20 PM… HIGH AT 8:34 PM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF A TROPICAL WAVE, WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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

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