High wind alert remains in effect

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice has is­sued an up­dat­ed yel­low lev­el high wind alert for Trinidad and To­ba­go and sur­round­ing wa­ters, warn­ing that breezy to windy con­di­tions are ex­pect­ed to con­tin­ue in­ter­mit­tent­ly un­til to­mor­row af­ter­noon.

In a pub­lic warn­ing mes­sage is­sued at 10.03 am to­day, the Met Of­fice said gusts ex­ceed­ing 55 kilo­me­tres per hour are like­ly, es­pe­cial­ly near show­ers. The con­di­tions are ex­pect­ed to be more se­vere in east­ern ar­eas and along el­e­vat­ed ter­rain.

The Met Of­fice warned that while the gusts may be brief, they could still dis­place un­se­cured roofs and loose out­door items and break tree branch­es.

The alert, which took ef­fect yes­ter­day morn­ing, re­mains in force un­til 2 pm to­mor­row.

The Met Of­fice al­so warned that sea con­di­tions are ex­pect­ed to be­come ag­i­tat­ed and may dis­rupt ma­rine ac­tiv­i­ties.

Mem­bers of the pub­lic have been ad­vised to se­cure loose out­door ob­jects and live­stock, while ma­rine in­ter­ests have been urged to ex­er­cise cau­tion. Small craft op­er­a­tors have al­so been ad­vised to re­strict ac­tiv­i­ty dur­ing the alert pe­ri­od.

Beach­go­ers have been urged to fol­low the in­struc­tions of life­guards and con­tin­ue mon­i­tor­ing of­fi­cial weath­er up­dates from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice.