12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 23RD AUGUST, 2019

FORECASTER: GLENN ANTOINE

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 27 C OR 81 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH

OR 30 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.5 MM          AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.2 MM

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 130.5 MM        AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 152.8 MM.         

SUNSET TODAY: 6:21 PM                  SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:51 AM

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 18 MPH OR 30 KM/H, BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH A FEW BRIEF SHOWERS.

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

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 2:12 PM…HIGH AT 08:58 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 3:39 PM…HIGH AT 10:05 PM.

SEAS: SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.5 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY. TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES, WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE A FEW SHOWERY PERIODS OVER THE

EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS TODAY.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS

EXPECTED TO BRING CLOUDINESS, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING

WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.