12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 29th October, 2019

Forecasters: Venantius Descartes/Hyacinthia Camille    

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 26 °C or 79 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm       At GFL Charles Airport: 1.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 69.9 mm      At GFL Charles Airport: 127.7 mm.

Sunset today: 5:37 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 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.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers mainly during the night and the early morning.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 04:07 pm… Low at 10:49 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 05:14 pm… Low at 12:16 am.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet  or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated  thunderstorms across the northern Windward Islands and the extreme southern  Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few  showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Lingering moisture and instability over the northern Windward and extreme  southern Windward Islands will cause some scattered showers over those islands.

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