WEATHER REPORT

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 14TH AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTERS: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE/HYACINTHIA CAMILLE

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 EAST AT 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H.

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

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: TRACE      AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: NIL    

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 90.8 MM.   AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 114.8 MM.    

SUNSET TODAY: 6:26 PM           SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:50 AM                                                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 24 MPH OR 39 KM/H, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 3:51 PM… LOW AT 08:39 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 4:58 PM… LOW AT 10:06 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET OR 1.2 TO 2.1 METRES.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. ELSEWHERE, FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.

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

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