12:00 NOON...DATE...NOVEMBER 01, 2012...FORECASTER...THEODULUS MATHURIN. PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA.....PARTLY CLOUDY. AT GFL CHARLES...PARTLY CLOUDY. PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA................30 C OR 86 F. LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...25 C OR 77 F. WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H. 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 8:00 AM AT HEWANORRA.........14.3 MM. AT GEORGE CHARLES.........15.0 MM. WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS RECORDED 4 MILES OR 6 KM NORTH OF ST. LUCIA. AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 3 HOURS...3.6 FEET OR 1.1 METRES. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 6 HOURS...5.6 FEET OR 1.7 METRES. SUNSET TODAY...5:41 PM.....SUNRISE TOMORROW...6:02 AM. FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS.....NORTHEASTERLY NEAR 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H. WEATHER...FAIR SKIES, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS. MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA. TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...HIGH AT 3:35 PM...LOW AT 10:28 PM. TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....HIGH AT 4:42 PM...LOW AT 11:55 PM. SEAS...SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET OR 0.9 TO 1.5 METRES. OUTLOOK FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES. OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARDS, IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE, SKIES WILL BE FAIR, BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH A FEW SHOWERS. TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK. INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE SOME CLOUDY PERIODS, SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.