12:00 pm weather report

12:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 12th July, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.

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

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  1.4 mm.   At GFL Charles airport: 1.5 mm

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 39.1 mm.   At GFL Charles airport: 33.0 mm

Sunset today: 6:36 pm.    Sunrise tomorrow: 5:43 am. 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered

         showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 2:56 pm… High at 9:21 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 4:23 pm… High at 10:28 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered

showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.  

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a weak shearline, will generate some showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 12 to 24 hours.

An area of Saharan dust will continue to affect our region causing a reduction in

visibility and air quality for the next few days.

Two tropical waves located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and near the West

African coast, are moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the

next five days.