12 NOON WEATHER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 5TH 2013...FORECASTERS...VIGIL SALTIBUS.
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA......CLOUDY.
AT GFL CHARLES....CLOUDY WITH RECENT SHOWERS.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA.................30 C OR 86 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA....26 C OR 79 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST NEAR
12 MPH OR 19 KH/H.
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 8:00 AM AT HEWANORRA..........4.5 MM.
AT GFL CHARLES........2.2 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA.....38.8 MM.
AT GFL CHARLES...11.6 MM.
SUNSET TODAY.....6:13 PM.........SUNRISE TOMORROW.....5:55 AM.
FORECAST FOR ST. LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
WINDS.....EAST SOUTHEASTERLY NEAR 15 MPH OR 24 KM/H.
WEATHER...FAIR TO CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SHOWERS
AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA.
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...HIGH AT 2:46 PM...LOW AT 8:28 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....HIGH AT 3:53 PM...LOW AT 9:55 PM.
SEAS....SLIGHT TO MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES.
PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
UNSTABLE CONDITONS IN THE WAKE OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL PRODUCE
PERIODS OF CLOUDINESSS, SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
TROPICAL WAVES LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND
EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC ARE MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 17 MPH OR
28 KM/H.
AT 11:00 AM TODAY TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THIS DEPRESSION IS NOW LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.1 WEST AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST
NEAR 9 MPH OR 15 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO
35 MPH OR 55 KM/H WITH HIGHER GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
REMNANT LOW PRESSURE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THIS SYSTEM POSES NO THREAT TO ST. LUCIA.