12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 05th August, 2023
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is 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 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.0 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 6.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.1 mm.
Sunset today: 6:30 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near
17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers at first. An
increase in cloudiness with scattered light to moderate showers and
possibly isolated thunderstorms is expected from tonight into tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:20 pm…High at 6:48 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 01:47 pm…High at 7:55 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers at first. An increase in cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms is expected from tonight into tomorrow.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate a moderate easterly wind flow across the region, during the forecast period.
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, will cause an increased in cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the region, from tonight into tomorrow.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.