12:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 23rd August, 2020
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers.
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 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 18 mph or
30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm At GFL charles Airport: Trace
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 89.9 mm At GFL charles Airport: 128.8 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 between the east northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered
showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:30 pm…High at 7:01 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:57 pm…High at 8:08 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 skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers mainly over the southern windward islands.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the southern part of the region during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Laura was located near latitude 19.2 North, longitude 73.2 West or about 70 miles or 155 kilometres northwest of Port Au Prince Haiti.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts.
A tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.