Hazardous seas alert for northern coasts

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice has is­sued a yel­low lev­el haz­ardous seas alert for north­ern ex­posed coast­lines of Trinidad and To­ba­go, in­clud­ing north-fac­ing coast­lines of the Gulf of Paria to a less­er ex­tent.

The alert takes ef­fect from 5 am to­mor­row and runs un­til 9 am on Feb­ru­ary 28.

In a pub­lic warn­ing is­sued at 1.20 pm to­day, the TTMS said high-en­er­gy, long pe­ri­od norther­ly swells are ex­pect­ed to pro­duce large break­ers along nearshore north­ern coastal ar­eas.

The ad­vi­so­ry warned that the event can cause large, bat­ter­ing waves, ex­ac­er­bat­ed at high tides, along these shore­lines. Nearshore ac­tiv­i­ties, in­clud­ing fish­ing, swim­ming and boat moor­ings, can be dis­rupt­ed.

Im­pacts may al­so in­clude in­tru­sion of salt wa­ter and dis­place­ment of sand, fur­ther than the av­er­age reach point.

The TTMS urged all ma­rine in­ter­ests to mon­i­tor nearshore sea con­di­tions and ex­er­cise ex­tra cau­tion along af­fect­ed coasts. It ad­vised the pub­lic to lim­it nearshore ma­rine ac­tiv­i­ties and con­tin­ue to mon­i­tor up­dates from of­fi­cial sites at www.metof­fice.gov.tt and www.odpm.gov.tt.