TRINIDAD is placed under a Tropical Storm as Hurricane Beryl swiftly moves into the Windward Islands.
The warning took effect from 10.37 am on Sunday and was expected to end at 12 noon on Monday.
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) stated, “This means that tropical storm conditions, including sustained winds of 63-118 km/h, are possible somewhere within the watch area, in this case within 24 hours.
“At 11 am today, Hurricane Beryl was centered near 10.7N 54.9W, about 640 km east-southeast of Tobago. Beryl is moving westward near 34 km/h.”
The Met Office explained though the stronger hurricane and tropical storm force winds are expected to be closely packed around the centre of Beryl, there is a low to marginally medium chance (10-30%) of tropical storm force winds affecting Trinidad, from early morning on Monday as Beryl approaches the southern Windwards.
Additionally, sea conditions will be choppy and rough.
Only on Saturday, Trinidad was lifted from an Adverse Weather Alert due to a low-level trough system.
Members of the public are asked to Monitor official news sources and weather updates from www.metoffice.gov.tt and marine interests should exercise extreme caution.
