12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 07th August, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°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 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 15.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 20.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 23.5 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 and east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times .
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:37 pm…High at 8:16 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:04 pm…High at 9:23 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 3 to 4 feet or 0.9 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with an approaching tropical wave, will cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region by midweek.
A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next seven (7) days.