An Ad­verse Weath­er Alert (Yel­low Lev­el) has been is­sued for Trinidad and To­ba­go and sur­round­ing ma­rine ar­eas, go­ing in­to ef­fect at 11:00 PM on Tues­day.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS) says the alert will re­main ef­fec­tive through 4:00 PM Tues­day.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTMS, "Rain­fall and show­ers of vary­ing in­ten­si­ties are ex­pect­ed overnight tonight (Tues­day 26th) in­to to­mor­row (Wednes­day 27th), with a 60% to 70% (medi­um to high) chance of thun­der­storm ac­tiv­i­ty. Gusty winds in ex­cess of 55km/hr are like­ly es­pe­cial­ly near heav­ier show­ers or thun­der­storms. IM­PACTS: Iso­lat­ed flash floods, lo­cal­ized street flood­ing and pond­ing can cause tem­po­rary traf­fic dis­rup­tions and land­slips are pos­si­ble in ar­eas so prone. Gusty winds can lead to bro­ken tree branch­es and loose/un­se­cured items be­ing dis­placed. Seas can be­come ag­i­tat­ed due to strong winds.”

The col­or of the alert in­di­cates the sever­i­ty of the event and the prob­a­bil­i­ty of the event oc­cur­ring. Cur­rent­ly, the alert lev­el is at Yel­low. This means that the haz­ard is like­ly, but the sever­i­ty of im­pacts is mod­er­ate for this par­tic­u­lar alert. You should be aware of the haz­ards in your area as­so­ci­at­ed with gusty winds in ex­cess of 55 KM/H, street and flash flood­ing as well as land­slides.

There is the po­ten­tial for pos­si­ble in­juries for a mod­er­ate Ad­verse Weath­er Alert, where be­hav­ioral changes are re­quired to en­sure safe­ty. There may be mi­nor prop­er­ty dam­age, with in­come-earn­ing tem­porar­i­ly dis­rupt­ed, and a cou­ple of com­mu­ni­ties are af­fect­ed.

The Met Of­fice ad­vis­es the pub­lic to se­cure loose items and live­stock, take all nec­es­sary pre­cau­tions, and mon­i­tor weath­er con­di­tions and up­dates from of­fi­cial sources.

Tonight's lat­est of­fi­cial fore­cast for Trinidad and To­ba­go from the TTMS calls for “sun­ny, hazy and breezy de­spite brisk show­ery in­ter­rup­tions at times. There is the low (30%) chance of the heav­ier show­er or iso­lat­ed thun­der­storm fa­vor­ing South­ern Trinidad dur­ing the day. Part­ly cloudy night with show­ers de­vel­op­ing near mid­night. Gusty winds and street flood­ing like­ly near heavy show­ers or thun­der­storms. There is a sig­nif­i­cant con­cen­tra­tion of Sa­ha­ran dust present in the at­mos­phere. Per­sons who are sen­si­tive to this change in air qual­i­ty should take the nec­es­sary pre­cau­tions.”