12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 28th August, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 23 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 204.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 352.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:17 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to exercise caution due to the presence of Saharan dust.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:00 pm…High at 7:23 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 2:27 pm…High at 8:30 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, generally fair and hazy.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Saharan dust will continue to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Eastern Caribbean region, over the next couple of days.
Moisture and instability associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), will cause cloudy conditions with some showers and isolated thunderstorms over the extreme southern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next
24 hours.
A weak tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h. There is not much shower activity associated with this wave.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 14.8 degrees north, longitude 50.1 degrees west or about 800 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The depression is moving toward the north near 8 mph or 13 km/h, and this general motion is forecast to continue during the next several days. On the forecast track, the system is expected to remain over the open Atlantic well to the east of the Lesser Antilles.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 17 mph or 28 km/h.