12:00 noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 16th August, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.
Present weather at GLF Charles Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 24 mph or 39 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm. At GLF Charles Airport: 2.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 80.5 mm. At GLF Charles Airport: 112.1 mm.

Sunset today: 6:25 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:07 pm…High at 10:02 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at Present…Low at 04:34 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A plume of Saharan dust will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days.

A tropical wave, located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Another Tropical wave, located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward at about 15 mph or 24 km/h.

At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Depression Grace was located about 85 miles or 140 kilometres southeast of Port Au Prince, Haiti.