Published 23 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 FRI, JUN 23, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
.SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING, HOWEVER
RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS IN
PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS..
AT 5 AM ECT OR 0900Z THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH, LONGITUDE 62.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 231 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
AND 316 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
TROPICAL STORM BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 18 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED AND
BRET IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA
BY SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
FROM THE CENTRE.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56
INCHES.
ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, THE CENTRE OF BRET IS FORECAST TO MOVE
FURTHER INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND AWAY FROM THE WINDWARD
ISLANDSDURING THE COMING DAYS.
NO SPECIFIC ACTION IS REQUIRED OF RESIDENTS IN THE LEEWARD AND
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS OTHER THAN TO KEEP MONITORING THE
MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM BRET.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 11 AM ECT OR 1500 UTC
FORECASTER
JALEEL JACOBS
