12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 22st October, 2019

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes/Hyacinthia 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 26 °C or 79 °F.

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

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.9 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 0.8 mm.       

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 54.7 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 117.4 mm.

Sunset today: 5:40 pm.                           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:59 pm… High at 10:40 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 5:26 pm… High at 11:47 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 partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the region, will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves located over the central tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.