12:00 noon Weather Report 17th August, 2022

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 17th August, 2022

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.     At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.7 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 102.6 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 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Generally fair at first, becoming cloudy at times with some overnight scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour:… Low at 1:09 pm…High at 7:36 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:      Low at 2:36 pm…High at 8:43 pm

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally fair today, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers tonight.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A marginal increase in moisture and instability ahead of an approaching weak tropical wave will produce a few periods of cloudiness and showers over the Lesser Antilles late tonight and into tomorrow Thursday.  The tropical wave is located over the central Tropical Atlantic and is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.