12:00 pm weather report

12:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 18th October, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with thunderstorms.

Present weather at GFL Charles airport:fair

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 southeast near 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  1.0 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 1.0 mm    

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 118.8 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 155.1 mm

Sunset today: 5:42 pm        Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east-northeast

near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at: 04:24 pm… Low at 11:07 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at: 5:31 pm… Low at 12:34 am

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere over our region, will result in a few cloudy periods with showers and isolated thunderstorms over some of the islands during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.