12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 8th November, 2019

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes/Hyacinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 31 °C or 88 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27 °C or 81 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm

At George Charles Airport: 1.2 mm   

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 35.7 mm

At George Charles Airport: 21.5 mm    

Sunset today: 5:34 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 6:01 am.             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Generally fair, hazy and breezy becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.      

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:16 pm…. Low at 7:20 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 2:23 pm…. Low at 8:47 pm.

Seas: Moderate to Locally rough with waves and 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 brisk winds and rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with an approaching tropical wave is expected to begin affecting the Windward Islands from late tonight. This wave is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.