12:00 noon weather report

12:00 noon weather Report

Date: 3rd November, 2019

Forecaster:Emmanuel Descartes   

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Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 29 °C or 84 °F.

Last’s night minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 23 or 73 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at 10 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.3 mm   At GFL Charles Airport:10.4 mm

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.9 mm    At GFL Charles Airport:11.9 mm

Sunset today 5:35 pm              Sunrise tomorrow 5:59 a.m.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near

17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers

         and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

Residents and motorist in areas prone to flooding and landslides should continue to exercise caution, since grounds are already saturated due to overnight rains.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:41 p.m…High at 8:09 p.m.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 3:08 pm…..High at 9:16 p.m.

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 extreme caution

due to heavy swells especially to the north of the island.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy, with some scattered showers

and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave coupled with a favorable upper level environment, is expected to generate some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Eastern Caribbean during the next 24 hours. 

Another tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving

westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the

next 5 days.