WHCA31 TAPA
TROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:00 PM ECT TUESDAY, JUN 20, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
BRET A LITTLE STRONGER
AT 5 PM TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.2N LONGITUDE
48.6 W OR
ABOUT 944 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, TROPICAL STORM 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. SPECIFIC IMPACTS WOULD DEPEND ON THE INTENSITY, SIZE, TRACK AND FORWARD SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM.
RESIDENTS SHOULD COMPLETE THEIR HURRICANE PLANS AND BE PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THEM AT A SHORT NOTICE IF NECESSARY.
ALL RESIDENTS IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND THE REST OF THE LEEWARD AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM BRET CLOSELY.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 11 PM ECT 0300 U.T.C
FORECASTER
CECIL MATTHEW