12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 17th September, 2025
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°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 southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: Trace At GFL Charles Airport: 1.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 24.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 27.4 mm
Sunset today: 6:03 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few scattered showers and a
chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 1:38 pm…Low at 5:57 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 2:45 pm…Low at 7:24 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions trailing a tropical wave, will cause some showers and thunderstorms mainly over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
…Gabriel forms over the central tropical Atlantic…
….Forecast to remain over open waters for several days…
At 11:00 am today, the center of poorly defined Tropical storm Gabrielle was located near latitude 17.5°north, 46.6°west or about 987 miles or 1588 kilometers east northeast of Saint Lucia. Gabrielle is moving toward the north northwest near 22 mph or 35 km/h. A northwest to west-northwestward motion at a reduced foreword speed is expected across the Tropical and subtropical central Atlantic during the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours. Gabrielle is forecast to remain over open waters for several days..
A tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Some slow development of this system is possible over the next few days.