12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 9th November, 2019

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

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 night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24 °C or 75 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 24 mph or 39 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.1 mm      At GFL Charles Airport: 3.4 mm

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 52.8 mm     At GFL Charles Airport: 24.9 mm

Sunset today: 5:33 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: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a 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 1:44 pm…. Low at 7:59 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 2:51 pm…. Low at 9:26 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

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave coupled with an upper level jet located over the Lesser Antilles will generate some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the region during the next 24 hours.

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.