6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 16th August, 2025
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 86°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 72%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southwest at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil At GFL Charles Airport: nil
Total rainfall for the month of August thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 53.4 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 32.7 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:24 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southwest and southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair and warm, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:07 pm…Low at 4:56 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 10:14 pm…Low at 6:23 am
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward Islands, cloudy to overcast with scattered moderate to heavy showers, periods of rain, gusty winds and thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy, with a few scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Unstable conditions caused by Hurricane Erin are expected to cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands, during the next 24 hours.
… CATEGORY 5 ERIN CONTINUING TO PASS NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS…
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 20.0 North, longitude 64.0 West or about 459 miles (739 km) north of St. Lucia. Erin is moving toward the west near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This motion is expected to continue this evening. A turn toward the west-northwest is expected tonight with a decrease in forward speed, and a turn toward the north is expected to occur early next week. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 160 mph or 260 km/h, with higher gusts. Erin is now a category 5 hurricane. Fluctuations in intensity are expected tonight through Sunday night. A slow weakening is expected to begin on Monday. Interests in the northern Leeward Islands should continue to monitor the progress of Hurricane Erin.
Two tropical waves located over the eastern and far eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 17 and 9 mph or 28 and 15 km/h, respectively.