6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 17th September, 2025
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 75%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 1.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 25.1 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 27.4 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:02 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Mainly fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers. A chance of isolated thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 5:57 pm…High at 12:59 am…Low at 7:42 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:24 pm…High at 02:06 am…Low at 9:09 am
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moist and unstable conditions trailing a tropical wave, will cause some showers and thunderstorms mainly over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
…Gabriel forms over the central tropical Atlantic…
At 5:00 pm today, the center Tropical storm Gabrielle was located near latitude 19.4°north, 48.0°west or about 990 miles or 1595 kilometers east of the Northern Leeward Islands and 937 miles or 1507 kilometers northeast away from Saint Lucia. Gabrielle is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph or 22 km/h. A northwest to west-northwestward motion is expected to continue over the next few days.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph or 85 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours.
A tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Some slow development of this system is possible over the next few days.