Mid-day Weather report 30/08/2023

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 30th August, 2023

Forecaster: Andre Joyeux

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers near-by.

Present Weather at George Charles Airport is cloudy wuith light showers.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the North-NorthEasterly at 6 mph

or 9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.8 mm.         At George Charles Airport: 10.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 151.4 mm.       At George Charles Airport: 179.6 mm.

Sunset today: 6:16 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 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: Fair skies becoming occasionally cloudy, with a few scattered showers.   

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 3:40 pm… Low at 8:46 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 4:47 pm… Low at 10:13 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 to occasionally cloudy skies, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions in the wake of a tropical wave, will continue

to cause some scattered showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles on Friday.

A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.