Published 19 June 2023
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St Kitts Nevis News Source
TROPICAL
CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENT
WHCA31 TAPA
TROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:00 PM ECT MON, JUN 19, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
TROPICAL STORM BRET FORMS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC…
INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
SYSTEM.
AT 5 PM BRETT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.3N LONGITUDE
42.2W ABOUT 1191 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA AND THE LEEWARD
AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…40 MPH…65 KM/H WITH HIGHER
GUSTS
PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 280 DEGREES AT 21 MPH…33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1008 MB…29.77 INCHES
ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, BRET COULD BE NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS BY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS COULD
BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE
SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF THE IMPACTS WOULD DEPEND ON THE
INTENSITY, SIZE, EVENTUAL TRACK AND FORWARD SPEED OF THIS
SYSTEM. HENCE, A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WATCH MAY
BE REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THE ISLANDS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS OR
LESS.
RESIDENTS SHOULD COMPLETE THEIR HURRICANE PLANS AND BE
PREPARED TO START TO IMPLEMENT THEM AT A SHORT NOTICE.
ALL RESIDENTS IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND THE REST OF THE
LEEWARD AND VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM BRET CLOSELY, AND HAVE THEIR
HURRICANE PLANS IN PLACE.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 11 PM ECT OR 0300 UTC
FORECASTER
CECIL MATTHEW
