12:00 noon Weather Report 22 November 2019

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 22nd November, 2019

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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

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

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

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.   At GFL Charles Airport: 4.5 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 71.9 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be lighter and variable becoming calm at times.

Weather: Generally fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms mainly during the   afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:24 pm… Low at 6:26 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 1:31 pm… Low at 7:53 pm.

Seas: Slight to Moderate with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells       3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a low level trough and frontal system 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 25.2 North, longitude 55.3 West, or about 695 miles or 1120 kilometres north northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sebastien is moving toward the east-northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are down to 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts. Weakening is expected to continue and Sebastien is forecast to dissipate by early next week.

 

A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Eastern Caribbean is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to bring some showers and possibly thunderstorms to the islands from late Saturday into Sunday.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are both moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.