Published 21 June 2023
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Weather Bulletin
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TROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:00 AM ECT WED, JUN 21, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
TROPICAL STORM BRET REMAINS IN THE MONITORED AREA
AT 5AM ECT OR 0900 UTC THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 51.4 WEST OR
ABOUT 656 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND
833 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
TROPICAL STORM BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 16 MILES
PER HOUR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE BRET
REACHES THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
XTEND UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTRE.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56
INCHES.
ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, BRET IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL SOUTH OF
AND AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THEREFORE, NO SPECIFIC
ACTION IS REQUIRED OF RESIDENTS IN THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH
VIRGIN ISLANDS AT THIS TIME OTHER THAN TO KEEP MONITORING THE
PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM BRET.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 11 AM ECT OR 1500 UTC TODAY.
FORECASTER
LORNE SALMON
