12:00 pm weather report

12:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 09th August, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

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 at 22 mph or 35 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  0.2 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 6.4

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 18.4 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 21.7 mm

Sunset today: 6:28 pm          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fir to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:11 pm… High at 7:31 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:38 pm… High at 8:38 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave will continue to generate cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms mainly over the southern part of the region during the forecast period.  

 
Another tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. 
 
A third tropical wave located over the far Eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. Some slow development of this system is possible over the next few days, as it moves across the Tropical Atlantic.