Date: 24th May, 2025
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 203.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 206.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:26 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 22 mph or 35 km/h.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers, this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, from early tomorrow morning.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 2:16 pm…Low at 6:50 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 3:23 pm…Low at 8:17 pm.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and easterly swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy, with scattered showers which may be locally heavy and isolated thunderstorms over the central and southern Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Moisture and instability ahead of an approaching tropical wave, is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles today. The tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h, and is expected to affect our region from late tonight into Sunday.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few
days.