6:00 Pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 17th May, 2026

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°c or 82°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 77%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.0 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 0.9 mm       

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 24.7 mm       At GFL Charles Airport: 10.6 mm       

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am           Sunset tomorrow: 6:24 pm                 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather: Fair 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: Low at 09:17 pm…High at 3:57 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:44 pm…High at 5:04 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and easterly swells 4 to 8 feet or 1.2

      to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers should exercise caution due to locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas over and around the region, during the next few days.

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow will cause some showers over the region, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next 7 days.