12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 20th November, 2019
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30° C or 86 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25 °C or 77 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 8.1 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of November so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 67.4 mm.
Sunset today: 5:32 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:06 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east southeast and south near 13 mph or
20 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered
showers, some of which may be moderate to heavy in some locations.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 3:58 pm….High at 10:30 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 5:25 pm….High at 11:37 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere around the Eastern Caribbean region will cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands during the next 24 hours.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 21.1 North, longitude 61.7 West, or about 220 miles or 355 kilometres north northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sebastien is moving toward the west near 7 mph or 11 km/h. A turn to the northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected tonight and Thursday. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts.
Sebastien is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.