12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 11TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTER: GLENN ANTOINE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 26 C OR 79 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH OR

30 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 3.3 MM.       AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.7 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 89.7 MM.      AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 113.6 MM.

SUNSET TODAY: 6:28 PM.                                               SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:50 AM.     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH

OR 30 KM/H.

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

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 2:11 PM…LOW AT 6:19 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 3:18 PM…LOW AT 7:46 PM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A

SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN

WINDWARD ISLANDS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY LEFT IN THE WAKE OF A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL CLOUDINESS WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DRY SAHARAN AIR IS LIMITING CLOUDINESS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING

THE NEXT 5 DAYS.