An Ad­verse Weath­er Alert (Yel­low Lev­el) has been is­sued for Trinidad and To­ba­go, go­ing in­to ef­fect at 6:00 PM on Fri­day.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS) says the alert will re­main ef­fec­tive through 5:00 PM Sat­ur­day.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTMS:

"There is a high (70%) chance of brisk iso­lat­ed heavy show­ers/thun­der­storms with ac­com­pa­ny­ing gusty winds in ex­cess of 55km/hr. These wind gusts will be brief but are ca­pa­ble of break­ing tree branch­es, dis­plac­ing un­se­cured roofs and loose out­door ob­jects, and can even top­ple over un­healthy trees. Street flood­ing is al­so like­ly in heavy down­pours and seas can be­come ad­di­tion­al­ly ag­i­tat­ed in strong winds.”

The colour 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 dur­ing a mod­er­ate Ad­verse Weath­er Alert, where be­hav­iour­al 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 Ser­vice ad­vis­es the pub­lic to se­cure loose items and live­stock, take all nec­es­sary pre­cau­tions, and mon­i­tor weath­er con­di­tions and up­dates from of­fi­cial sources. In ad­di­tion, small craft op­er­a­tors should be on the alert for above nor­mal or chop­py sea con­di­tions in strong winds.

Tonight's fore­cast, as of 10:00 AM Fri­day from the TTMS, calls for:

“Cloudy con­di­tions with oc­ca­sion­al show­ers and pe­ri­ods of light rain. A few of these show­ers will be­come heavy at times, with the low chance of an iso­lat­ed thun­der­storm.”