Weather Bulletin
WHCA31 TAPA
TROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
11:00 AM ECT THU, JUN 22, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
…. BRET NEARING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND IS EXPECTED TO
BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO PORTION OF THE
WINDWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AT 11AM ECT OR 1500Z THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 57.7 WEST OR
ABOUT 309 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND 484
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
TROPICAL STORM BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MILES
PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST TODAY AND SOME
WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN TONIGHT OR FRIDAY AFTER
BRET PASSES THE ISLANDS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTRE.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB OR 29.50
INCHES.
ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, BRET IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE
WINDWARD ISLANDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT, WELL SOUTH OF
AND AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. 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 5 PM ECT OR 2100 UTC TODAY.
FORECASTER
LORNE SALMON
