Date: 26th September, 2025
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 85%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 66.4 mm.
Sunset today: 5:56 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair and warm, becoming cloudy at times with a few 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 6:23 am…Low at 11:17 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:30 am…Low at 12:44 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Unstable conditions together with light winds and high daytime temperatures, will cause occasional cloudiness with a few showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
An area of low pressure is expected to develop from a tropical wave located in the vicinity of the Greater Antilles today. This system is likely to become a tropical depression as it moves near or over the Bahamas within the next couple of days.
…HUMBERTO BECOMES A HURRICANE…At 5:00 am today, the eye of Hurricane Humberto was located near Latitude 22.2 degrees north…longitude 57.3 degrees west or about 639 miles or 1028 kilometres north-northeast of Saint Lucia. Humberto is moving toward the northwest near 3 mph or 6 km/h. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 mph or 120 km/h with higher gusts. Significant strengthening is forecast, and Humberto is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. On the forecast track, Humberto is not expected to affect the Lesser Antilles.
Two tropical waves located over the western and far eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.