ACCORDING TO THE 11 PM TROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES, ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, TROPICAL STORM BRET COULD BE NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS COULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SPECIFIC IMPACTS WOULD DEPEND ON THE INTENSITY, SIZE, TRACK AND FORWARD SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM. HENCE, A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS OR LESS.

AT 11 PM TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.4N LONGITUDE 43.5W ABOUT 1117 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 275 DEGREES AT 18 MPH…30 KM/H MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…40 MPH…65 KM/H WITH HIGHER GUSTS MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1008 MB…29.77 INCHES.

ALL RESIDENTS IN MONTSERRAT ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM BRET CLOSELY.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 5 AM.

FORECASTER JALEEL JACOBS