WEATHER REPORT

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 13th October, 2019

Forecasters: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

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 27 ° C or 81 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 32.1 mm.

Sunset today: 5:45 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers this afternoon.  Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered   showers and a chance of thunderstorms, tonight and tomorrow morning.     

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:20 pm…Low at 09:29 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 4:27 pm…Low at 10:56 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave located just east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to bring cloudy conditions with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the islands tonight and tomorrow morning.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

A third tropical wave located near the west African coast has the potential to develop into a tropical cyclone as it moves westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h, over the next few days.