12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon weather report
Date: 09th October, 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 32 °C or 90 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28 ° C or 82 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at
21 mph or 33 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: Trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 16.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 29.8 mm.

Sunset Today: 5:48 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east southeast near
20 mph or 31 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies 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 1:40 pm…Low at 6:53 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:47 pm…Low at 8:20 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly
swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due
to rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is expected to remain active over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles.

Two tropical waves located over the eastern and far eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 and 9 mph or 19 and 15 km/h, respectively.