12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 18TH JUNE, 2019
FORECASTER: THOMAS AUGUSTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 30 C OR 86 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 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.6 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 8.2 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 85.9 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 62.6 MM.
SUNSET TODAY: 6:33 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:36 AM
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H WITH A FEW GUSTS.
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY, HAZY AND BREEZY, 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 PRESENT… HIGH AT 5:20 PM
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: LOW AT 12:09 PM… HIGH AT 6:27 PM.
SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS 6 TO 8 FEET OR 1.8 TO 2.4 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO BRISK WINDS, ROUGH SEAS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARDS AND AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. ELSEWHERE, IT WILL BE CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
SAHARAN DUST HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AROUND THE LESSER ANTILLES.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHERNMOST EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.