12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 20th October, 2019

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is 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 east-southeast at 14 mph

or 24 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: 50.4 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 115.1 mm.

Sunset today: 5:41 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.                  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:03 pm…High at 7:46 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:30 pm…High at 8:53 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with some scattered showers mainly over the northern portion of the lesser Antilles.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the lesser Antilles will cause some scattered showers, mainly over the northern portion of the region, during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic

are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.