12:00 noon Weather Report 23rd November, 2019

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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 blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

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

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: 6:08 am.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy 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 1:06 pm… Low at 7:23 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 2:13 pm… Low at 8:50 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers, mainly over the Leeward islands. The rest of the region will be generally fair with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a low level trough system will continue to cause some showery periods over the Leeward Islands, during the next 24 hours.

A weak tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system is expected to cause some showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands from tomorrow.

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