6:00 pm Weather Report, 28/09/2025

Date: 28th September, 2025
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 70%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 67.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 56.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am Sunset tomorrow: 5:54 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east-southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair, hazy and warm, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:14 pm…Low at 3:08 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:21 pm…Low at 4:35 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will become the dominant weather feature across the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, may cause occasional brief showers over the islands from time to time.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

…Tropical Storm Imelda Forms South of the Bahamas…
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Imelda was located near latitude 24.2 degrees North, longitude 77.3 degrees West or about 55 miles or 90 kilometers south southwest of the northwest Bahamas. Imelda is moving toward the north near 9 mph or 15 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Imelda is forecast to become a hurricane by late Monday or Tuesday.