12 NOON WEATHER REPORT

Date: 05th October, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°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: 21.9 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 14.8 mm

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 55.8 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 74.9 mm

Sunset today: 5:50 pm          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 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 or19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few brief 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 5:15 pm… Low at 11:57 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:24 pm… High at 6:22 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Cloudy at times with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An upper level trough system will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms over our region, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the Western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to affect our region late on Wednesday into Thursday.