12 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon weather report

Date: 10th October, 2019

Forecasters: Emmanuel Descartes/Hycinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace      At GFL Charles Airport: 02.3 mm.          

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.0 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 32.1 mm.          

Sunset Today: 5:47 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 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Generally fair skies with a chance of isolated brief showers.     

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:06 pm… Low at 7:37 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:13 pm… Low at 9:04 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few 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 15 and 12 mph or 24 and 19 km/h, respectively.