Date: 13th August, 2025
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 31°C or 88°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 66%.
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: 2.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 47.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 22.3 mm.
Sunset today: 6:26 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms this evening.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:04 pm…High at 6:33 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:31 pm…High at 7:40 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Over the Leeward Islands, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A low-level trough will cause periods of cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. Low-level clouds moving with the wind flow, will cause a few showers over the northern portion of the region, during the forecast period.
At 11:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Erin was located near latitude 16.3 North, longitude 43.4 West or about 1156 miles or 1860 km east-northeast of St. Lucia. Erin is moving toward the west near 17 mph or 28 km/h. This general motion is expected into Thursday, with a west-northwestward motion beginning Thursday night and continuing into the weekend. On the forecast track, the center of Erin is likely to move near or just north of the northern Leeward Islands over the weekend. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast to begin later today or tonight, and Erin is expected to become a hurricane by Friday.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.