Met Office eyes bad weather

Referring to this as an “area of disturbed weather”, the posting said the centre of an area of low pressure associated with a Tropical Wave lies 2400 kilometres east-southeast of the Windward Islands, and is moving west at about 30 kilometres per hour.

“Currently the leading edge of this area of disturbed weather is along 45°W longitude and there is a 30% chance of this system intensifying into a Tropical Cyclone over the next 24 to 48 hours,” said the Met Office statement.

“Env i ronment a l conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of the disturbance later this week as the system approaches the Windward Islands.” They urged all interests in the Windward Islands to pay close attention to information being issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service as the progress of this system is closely monitored.

“We wish to underscore that at this time Trinidad and Tobago is not under any tropical cyclone threat, watch or warning.

The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service is closely monitoring this weather system and will issue another bulletin at 8:00 a.m.

tomorrow or sooner if the situation warrants.” The National Hurricane Centre in Florida, in its similarly-worded statement yesterday also added, “A tropical depression is likely to form later this week.”