12:00 noon Weather Report 15 July 2021

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 15th July, 2021

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°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 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 3.2 mm.               

Total rainfall for the month of July so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 89.8 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 82.4 mm.       

Sunset today: 6:36 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:43 am           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered          showers mainly during the late afternoon and night.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:28 pm… High at 8:07 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 2:55 pm… High at 9:14 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 light to moderate showers and

isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, skies will be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, today.

  Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h. This system is expected to bring cloudy conditions with some showers and thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean region during this coming weekend.

  A third tropical wave near the West African coast is moving westward near 14 mph or 23 km/h.

   Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.