12:00 Noon Weather Report 1st August, 2020

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 1st August, 2020

Forecaster: Avlon Charlery

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 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace             At GFL Charles: nil     

Total rainfall for the month of July:

At Hewanorra Airport: 134.5 mm           At GFL Charles:138.1 mm

Sunset today: 6:32 pm                                        Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to Partly cloudy skies with a few showers. There is a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:13 pm…Low at 7:24 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 4:20 pm…Low at 8:51 pm

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Low level moisture, coupled with light southeasterly winds across the Windward islands, will trigger some afternoon showers and possible isolated thunderstorms over the islands.

A tropical wave located about 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to produce a few disorganized showers. Environment condition are forecast to become more conducive for development in a day or two and a tropical depression could form early next week. This system is forecast to turn northwestward and then northward over the western Atlantic, north of the Leeward islands.

At 11:00 am today the centre of Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 18.6 North, Longitude 22.2 West. The depression is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h, and is expected to weaken and become a remnant low later today. Tropical depression Ten does not pose a threat to the lesser Antilles