12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 27th September, 2019
Forecaster: E. Francis
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 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 94.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 158.6 mm.
Sunset today: 5:56 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east northeast and east southeast
near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy 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 2:52 pm… Low at 8:24 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:59 pm… Low at 9:51 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 ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave just to the east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to cause some cloudy periods with showers over the islands during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving
westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h.
…LORENZO WEAKENS A LITTLE AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD…
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Lorenzo was located near
latitude 19.4 North, longitude 42.9 West. Lorenzo is moving toward the north-northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h, and this general motion is forecast to continue today. A turn toward the north is expected tonight or on Saturday, followed by a turn toward the north-northeast on Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 140 mph or 220 km/h with higher gusts. Lorenzo is a category 4 hurricane. Some fluctuations in strength are possible today, and slow weakening is forecast to begin by the weekend.
Lorenzo is a large hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles or 75 km from the centre, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 265 miles or 425 km.
Hurricane Lorenzo is expected to remain over the Central Atlantic Ocean, well east of the Lesser Antilles during the next five days.