12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 18th August, 2021
Forecaster: Avlon Charlery
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is31°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 east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.1 mm At GFL Charles:Trace
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 83.6 mm At GFL Charles:112.5 mm
Sunset today: 6:24 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:51 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 22 mph or
35 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies at first, becoming mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms from late tonight.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:41 pm… Low at 5:26 pm
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:48 pm… Low at 6:53 pm
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southernmost islands. Elsewhere, fair, hazy and breezy, with a few scattered showers, becoming mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunder-storms from later tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Lesser Antilles today.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h. This wave is expected to begin affecting the Lesser Antilles from later tonight.
A second tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 12 mph or 19 km/h.