12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT
Date: 26th AUGUST, 2019
FORECASTER: MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS CLOUDY AND HAZY.
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 EAST AT 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: TRACE AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: NIL
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 134.5 MM AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 157.3 MM
SUNSET TODAY: 6:19 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 AND EAST-SOUTHEAST
NEAR 28 MPH OR 44 KM/H, WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WEATHER: CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKIES WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, GUSTY
WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE ADVISED TO BE VIGILANT AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 1:25 PM... LOW AT 5:31 PM
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 2:32 PM... LOW AT 6:58 PM
SEAS: LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 5 TO 10 FEET OR 1.5 TO 3.0 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT. RESIDENTS IN COASTAL AREAS AND MARINE INTEREST ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS, GUSTY
WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY AND HAZY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT LUCIA, BARBADOS AND SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES. HOWEVER, WITH DORIAN STRENGTHENING HURRICANE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SAINT LUCIA AS WELL. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA, MARTINIQUE AND GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.
AT 5:00 AM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 56.4 WEST, ABOUT 335 MILES OR 540 KILOMETERS EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ST. LUCIA. DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH OR 22 KM/H.
A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN
IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH OR 95 KM/H, WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY TUESDAY, AS IT MOVES OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES ARE ASKED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.