6:00 am Weather Report for 9th August 2026

6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 9th August, 2026
Forecaster
: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with recent showers.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 79%.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace .   

Total rainfall for the month of August so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 12.6 mm.  

Sunset today: 6:28 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am                                                 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some light

         to moderate showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low: 7:20 am… High: 2:11 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low: 8:47 am… High: 3:18 pm.  

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions associated with a tropical wave will cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms, over the Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.  

A plume of Saharan dust will continue to reduce visibility and air quality across the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic has a low chance of development at this time.

A third tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa this week. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development thereafter and a tropical depression could form during the latter half of this week while the system moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.