TROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENT #2 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
5:00 AM ECT TUE, JUN 20, 2023
THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
…TROPICAL STORM BRET CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST…
…RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR ITS PROGRESS…
AT 500 AM ECT OR 0900Z THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH, LONGITUDE 44.7 WEST OR APPROXIMATELY 1263 STATUE MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ST.KITTS AND NEVIS.
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND BRET COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB OR 29.77 INCHES.
THE LATEST INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON BRET SUGGEST THAT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE COULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE LESSER ANTILLES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GIVEN ITS CURRENT DISTANCE FROM THE ISLANDS AND THE UNCERTAINTIES IN ITS TRACK, NO SPECIFIC ACTION IS REQUIRED OF RESIDENTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS OTHER THAN TO KEEP MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF BRET.
FORECASTER
ORVIN PAIGE
