6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 8th August, 2026
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace . At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.5 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:28 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few light
to moderate showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to take the necessary precautions, due to reduced air quality.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High: 11:48 pm… Low: 7:20 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at present. High: 12:55 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
Small craft operators should exercise caution due to reduced visibility.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy, 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
A plume of Saharan dust will continue to reduce visibility and air quality across the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave coupled with an upper-level trough is expected to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
A third tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on Tuesday. Some development of this system will be possible during the middle to latter part of next week.