12 Noon Weather Report

Date: 23rd  October, 2019

Forecasters: Thomas Auguste & Hyacinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.

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 24 °C or 75 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.6 mm      At GFL Charles Airport: 3.9 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 61.3 mm     At GFL Charles Airport: 121.3 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 southeast and east northeast 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 12:23 pm… Low at 5:21 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 01:30 pm… Low at 6:48 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Lingering moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave is
expected to continue to produce some scattered showers and possibly 
isolated thunderstorms over the region during the next 24 hours.

Another tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and is expected over the region by Friday.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.