12:00 noon Weather Report 2nd September, 2020

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 2nd September, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is Cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is Cloudy with light showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is Easterly at 13 mph or 20 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 September so far:

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

Sunset today: 6:14 pm.                    Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.       

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:13 pm…Low at 09:38 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 5:20 pm…Low at 11:05 pm.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles today.

A tropical wave located about 300 hundred miles or 480 kilometres east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect our region from late tonight into tomorrow.

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

A third tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure also located over the central tropical Atlantic has a low chance of tropical cyclone development as it drifts slowly westward during the next five days.

A fourth tropical wave is expected to emerge off the coast of Africa during the next 24 hours. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone development during the next five days.