12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 20TH AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTERS: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE/HYACINTHIA CAMILLE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 31 C OR 88 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 27 C OR 81 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: NIL
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 125.4 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 145.1 MM
SUNSET TODAY: 6:23 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H, BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.
WEATHER: GENERALLY FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 12:21 PM… HIGH AT 6:46 PM
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 01:48 PM… HIGH AT 7:53 PM
SEAS: SLIGHT WITH WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET OR 0.6 TO 1.2 METRES.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
FAIR AND HAZY, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN FAIR TO OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY, AND HAZY CONDITIONS WITH SOME SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH OR 31 KM/H. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION, FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
TWO OTHER TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN AND FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15 AND 17 MPH OR 24 AND 28 KM/H, RESPECTIVELY.