12:00 PM...DATE...AUGUST 02, 2012...FORECASTER...MACLEAN JN BAPTISTE.
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA.....CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS.
AT GFL CHARLES...PARTLY CLOUDY.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...........30 C OR 86 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...27 C OR 81 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH
OR 37 KM/H.
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 8:00 AM AT HEWANORRA........NIL.
AT GFL CHARLES......0.1 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA.....TRACE.
AT GFL CHARLES...1.6 MM.
WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS RECORDED 4 MILES OR 6 KM NORTH OF ST. LUCIA.
AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 3 HOURS...1.8 METRES OR 6.0 FEET.
MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 6 HOURS...2.9 METRES OR 9.5 FEET.
SUNSET TODAY...6:33 PM.....SUNRISE TOMORROW...5:52 AM.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
WINDS.....NORTHEASTERLY NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H.
WEATHER...FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SHOWERS
AT FIRST, BECOMING CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, GUSTY
WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA.
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...HIGH AT 3:21 PM...LOW AT 8:30 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....HIGH AT 4:28 PM...LOW AT 9:57 PM.
SEAS...MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES 6 TO 9 FEET OR 1.8 TO
2.7 METRES AND INCREASING TO OVER 10 FEET OR 3.0 METRES
TOMORROW. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE
ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES.
FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SHOWERS
AT FIRST, BECOMING CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, GUSTY
WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK.
AT 11:00 AM TODAY, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER FIVE (5)
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 54.3 DEGREES
WEST, OR ABOUT 453 MILES OR 729 KILOMETRES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ST. LUCIA.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH OR 33 KM/H. AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH OR 55 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION #5 ARE BEING ISSUED BY THE HEWANORRA
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD
NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.