12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 07th August, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 26 mph or 43 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 13.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 13.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 18.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 13.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:29 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 24 mph or 39 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few
scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:09 pm… High at 6:23 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 01:36 pm… High at 7:30 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.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles is sufficiently moist and unstable to cause some showers to develop over the region during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located about 500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Slow development of this system is possible during the next couple of days as it moves slowly westward.