12:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 20th September, 2020
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is from the south southeast 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: 45.3 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 32.5 mm
Sunset today: 6:00 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the south and east-southeast near 11 mph or
18 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a
slight 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 5:38 pm… Low at 12:15 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 12:40 pm… High at 6:45 pm.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 6 to 9 feet
or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers, particularly on the northern and eastern
coasts, are advised to exercise caution.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the northern part of the region.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over our region, will produce some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over some of the islands, during the next 24 hours.
…Winfred weakens to a Tropical Depression over the open Atlantic…
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Depression Wilfred was located near latitude 15.7 degrees north, longitude 44.2 degrees west or about 1135 miles or 2160 kilometres east of the Lesser Antilles. The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 20 mph or 31 km/h. Winfred should slow its forward speed while heading towards the west or west northwest for the next few days until dissipation.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. Winfred should weaken to a remnant low within a couple of days.
Tropical Depression Wilfred is not expected to pose a threat to our region.
A tropical wave is located over the far Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.