12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 21st November, 2019

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30° C   or 86 °F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.    At GFL Charles Airport: nil

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport:

Sunset today: 5:32 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 6:07 am.                    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or

19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming 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: Low at 5:19 pm ….High at 11:55 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 12:47 pm….Low at 6:46 pm.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers

and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean

region will continue to cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands during the next 24 hours.

At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 23.5 North, longitude 60.5 West, or about 405 miles or 650 kilometres north northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sebastien is moving toward

the north-northeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h. A faster northeastward motion is expected during the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph

or 95 km/h with higher gusts. Sebastien could become a hurricane by tonight but a weakening trend is expected to begin by late Friday. The system is likely to become an extratropical cyclone by Saturday.  

Sebastien is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward

near 17 mph or 28 km/h.