Date: 13th August, 2025
Forecaster: Lucious Frederick
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 44.9 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 East-northeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:26 am. Low at 12:04 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:33 am. Low at 1:31 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 skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate light to moderate, easterly to northeasterly winds over the region during the next couple of days. Patches of clouds moving with the wind will cause a few showers over the region during the next 24 hours.
At 500 AM today, the center of Tropical Storm Erin was located near latitude 16.5 North, longitude 41.9 West or about 1256 miles East Northeast of St. Lucia. Erin is moving toward the west near 20 mph (31 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 (75 km/h) with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast to begin today, and Erin will likely become a hurricane by late Thursday or early Friday.