12:00 noon Weather Report 11 October 2019

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 11th October, 2019

Forecasters: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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 25 ° C or 77 °F.

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

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil   at GFL Charles Airport: nil.                  

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

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

Sunset today: 5:56 pm.       Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east southeast and southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered          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: High at 2:30 pm… Low at 8:17 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 3:37 pm… Low at 9:44 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, it will be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An Upper Level Trough and the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) are maintaining above normal cloudiness and some showers over the southern part of the Lesser Antilles.

A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to bring cloudy conditions with showers and a few thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean islands from late Sunday continuing into Monday.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.