The cur­rent Ad­verse Weath­er Alert/YEL­LOW Lev­el has been ex­tend­ed to 4:00 pm on Thurs­day 28 Oc­to­ber 2021, with cloudy but most­ly set­tled con­di­tions ex­pect­ed to con­tin­ue as the af­ter­noon pro­gress­es.  That’s ac­cord­ing to the lat­est ad­vi­so­ry from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS).

Trinidad and To­ba­go, in­clud­ing off­shore ar­eas of both is­lands, will con­tin­ue to be un­der the YEL­LOW Lev­el alert, as there is a medi­um to high (60-70%) chance of show­ers and iso­lat­ed thun­der­storms of vary­ing in­ten­si­ties, to de­vel­op af­ter mid­night in­to to­mor­row.

Ac­cord­ing to fore­cast­ers at the Met Ser­vice, ac­tiv­i­ty is fore­cast to peak dur­ing the morn­ing pe­ri­od on Thurs­day, but iso­lat­ed im­pact­ful rain­fall can oc­cur dur­ing the af­ter­noon. Gusty winds in ex­cess of 45km/hr are pos­si­ble in heav­ier show­ers/thun­der­storms. Ad­di­tion­al rain­fall will fur­ther ex­ac­er­bate ar­eas al­ready in­un­dat­ed es­pe­cial­ly along small­er rivers.

The Met Ser­vice warns that small­er wa­ter cours­es can be­come over­whelmed and spill over on­to sur­round­ing en­vi­rons. Lo­cal­ized flood­ing and pond­ing can cause tem­po­rary traf­fic dis­rup­tions and land­slips are pos­si­ble in ar­eas so prone. In ad­di­tion, gusty winds can lead to loose/un­se­cured items be­ing dis­placed as well as fur­ther ag­i­ta­tion of sea con­di­tions

The Met Ser­vice says the pub­lic SHOULD NOT wade or dri­ve through flood wa­ters. Al­so, it is ad­vis­ing res­i­dents along river­banks to be on the alert and take the nec­es­sary pre­cau­tions to pre­serve life and prop­er­ty.

Mem­bers of the pub­lic are en­cour­aged to mon­i­tor weath­er con­di­tions and of­fi­cial up­dates es­pe­cial­ly via www.metof­fice.gov.tt/ and www.odpm.gov.tt, as well as fol­low the in­struc­tions of gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials.