12 Noon Weather Report

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 13th September, 2019

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79° F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the South-Southeast at 12 mph

or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.          At GFL Charles Airport: 0.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 25.3 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 27.3 mm.

Sunset today: 6:10 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 southeast near 13 mph or

20 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few brief scattered showers

         and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour:  High at 3:37 pm…Low at 09:08 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:    High at 4:44 pm…Low at 10:35 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 cloudy skies, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms

over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave in the vicinity of the Lesser Antilles is expected to produce cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the northern portion of the region, today.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. These waves are being monitored closely as some development is possible during the next 5 days.