12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

FORECASTER: WEBSTER GAJADHAR

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS NEARBY.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 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: 3.6 MM.         AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.2 MM.

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 129.0 MM.       AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 152.6 MM.         

SUNSET TODAY: 6:22 PM                 SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND EAST NEAR 16 MPH OR 26 KM/H, BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.

WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY, WITH SOME SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT 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 1:26 PM…HIGH AT 8:05 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 2:53 PM…HIGH AT 9:12 PM.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS OVER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. ELSEWHERE, PARTLY CLOUDY TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE WAKE OF A TROPICAL WAVE, WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME CLOUDY PERIODS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 23 MPH OR 37 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION

ON SATURDAY. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.