Weather Forecast – Friday 7 October 2022

The fol­low­ing is the bul­letin is­sued by the Met Ser­vice to 06:00 am, to­day, cov­er­ing the pe­ri­od: to­day un­til mid­night…

TRINIDAD, TO­BA­GO AND THE WIND­WARD IS­LANDS

To­day’s sun­ny con­di­tions will be in­ter­rupt­ed by oc­ca­sion­al light to mod­er­ate show­ers, with the medi­um (60%) chance of one or two iso­lat­ed day­time thun­der­storms. Part­ly cloudy evening and night with a few lin­ger­ing show­ers. Gusty winds and street/flash flood­ing are like­ly near heavy down­pours.

■   An Ad­verse Weath­er Alert/YEL­LOW Lev­el is in ef­fect un­til 12:00 PM to­day, Fri­day 7 Oc­to­ber 2022, for North­ern Trinidad, To­ba­go and sur­round­ing ma­rine ar­eas.

The po­ten­tial for im­pact­ful weath­er over the ma­jor­i­ty of Trinidad has sig­nif­i­cant­ly re­duced. How­ev­er, North­ern parts of Trinidad, To­ba­go and off­shore ar­eas are still ex­pe­ri­enc­ing pe­ri­ods of mod­er­ate/heavy show­ers/rain. There is still the chance of the iso­lat­ed thun­der­storm overnight. Any ad­di­tion­al rain­fall can ex­ac­er­bate flood­ing in some ar­eas and land­slips/land­slides are pos­si­ble in ar­eas so prone. Seas can al­so be­come ag­i­tat­ed at times.

In­struc­tions:     Do not wade or dri­ve through flood wa­ters. Se­cure loose out­door items and live­stock. Per­sons are ad­vised to mon­i­tor weath­er con­di­tions and riv­er lev­els. More in­for­ma­tion avail­able at www.metof­fice.gov.tt and www.odpm.gov.tt

Update courtesy Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service.

■   A River­ine Flood Alert/ OR­ANGE Lev­el is in ef­fect un­til 5:00 PM to­day, Fri­day 7 Oc­to­ber 2022, for ma­jor wa­ter­cours­es of Trinidad (in­clud­ing the North Oropouche, Ca­roni and South Oropouche Rivers), as well as in To­ba­go (in­clud­ing the Crooks and Dar­rell Spring Rivers).

Con­tin­u­ous rain­fall overnight has pushed ma­jor wa­ter­cours­es to crit­i­cal thresh­olds, and some may be close to over­spilling or al­ready do­ing so. Pe­ri­ods of heavy show­ers, rain and thun­der­storms are still ex­pect­ed. This ad­di­tion­al rain­fall, in com­bi­na­tion with spring tides, can keep the riv­er lev­els el­e­vat­ed and there now ex­ists a se­vere risk to pub­lic safe­ty, liveli­hood and prop­er­ty. Small­er wa­ter cours­es over both Trinidad and To­ba­go are al­so el­e­vat­ed and can burst their banks with ad­di­tion­al rain­fall.

In­struc­tions:     Fi­nal­ize prepa­ra­tions to pro­tect lives, liveli­hoods, and prop­er­ty. Ac­ti­vate your safe­ty plan. Se­cure food, wa­ter, and med­i­cine for at least 7 days in wa­ter­proof con­tain­ers. Pro­tect im­por­tant as­sets and doc­u­ments. Do not take un­nec­es­sary risks. Fol­low the in­struc­tions of gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials. Mon­i­tor of­fi­cial sources for in­for­ma­tion, such as www.metof­fice.gov.tt/ and www.odpm.gov.tt

THE RE­MAIN­DER OF THE LESS­ER AN­TILLES

Weath­er con­di­tions will be fair to part­ly cloudy con­di­tions, with a few brief, iso­lat­ed show­ers..

TEM­PER­A­TURE

Pi­ar­co

   Last Night’s Min­i­mum 24.0ºC

   To­day’s Fore­cast Max­i­mum 32.0ºC

Crown Point

   Last Night’s Min­i­mum 25.0ºC

   To­day’s Fore­cast Max­i­mum 31.0ºC

SEAS

Slight to Mod­er­ate

WAVES

Up to 1.5 m in open wa­ters;

Less than 1.0 m in shel­tered ar­eas

Please note: Spring tides are in ef­fect.

RAIN­FALL

Pi­ar­co

   24-Hours Rain­fall (mm) end­ing 2:00 pm Thurs­day 6 Oc­to­ber 2022 = 34.6 mm

   Month­ly Cu­mu­la­tive (2pm – 2pm) = 108.6 mm

Crown Point

   24-Hours Rain­fall (mm) end­ing 2:00 pm, Thurs­day 6 Oc­to­ber 2022 = 74.2 mm

   Month­ly Cu­mu­la­tive (2pm – 2pm) = 212.7 mm

SUN­RISE AND SUN­SET

Sun­rise: 5:54 AM

Sun­set: 5:52 PM

TIDES

Port of Spain

   HIGH 01:54 AM 02:43 PM

   LOW 08:16 AM 08:42 PM

Scar­bor­ough

   HIGH 01:44 AM 02:23 PM

   LOW 08:09 AM 08:21 PM