12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 11th August, 2021
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is 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 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.2 mm At GFL Charles Airport: Trace.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 38.9 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 17.7 mm
Sunset today: 6:27 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies becoming occasionally cloudy with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present….High at 6:04 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 01:01 pm…High at 7:11 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies becoming occasionally cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A reduction in low level moisture across the region, will result occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers across the Eastern Caribbean region.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. The wave is expected to begin affecting the region by late Thursday generating occasionally cloudy skies with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Further east, second tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. There is a low chance of further development of this system, over the next few days.
Tropical storm Fred is east-southeast of the Dominican Republic and is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph or 26 km/h. This system poses no threat to Saint Lucia and the rest of the Lesser Antilles.