12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 04th September, 2019

Forecasters: Glenn Antoine

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 28 c or 82 f.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 3.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 18.8 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 10.9 mm.

Sunset today: 6:13 pm.           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:55 pm…High at 7:29 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 02:22 pm…high at 8:36 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres becoming

slight with wave 2 to 4 feet of 0.6 to 1.2 metres, tonight.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the extreme southern portion of the region, it will be partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave will continue to produce cloudiness, scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms mainly over the extreme southern portion of the

region today.

Another tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser

Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected

to affect the region from late tomorrow into Friday.

...GABRIELLE STRENGTHENS OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...

At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Gabrielle was located near latitude 20.5 North, longitude 33.8 West. Gabrielle is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h and is expected to remain over the central Atlantic during the next 5 days.