ACCORDING TO THE 11 AM TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES TODAY, TUESDAY, 20 JUNE 2023, TROPICAL STORM BRET CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST.

THE LATEST INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON BRET SUGGEST THAT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE COULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE LESSER ANTILLES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

GIVEN ITS CURRENT DISTANCE FROM THE ISLANDS AND THE UNCERTAINTIES IN ITS TRACK, NO SPECIFIC ACTION IS REQUIRED OF RESIDENTS AT THIS TIME OTHER THAN TO KEEP MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM BRET.

AT 11 AM, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 47.0 WEST OR APPROXIMATELY 1053 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 21 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, BUT BRET IS EXPECTED TO BE A TROPICAL STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATE THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER WITH AN ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1008 MB OR 29.77 INCHES.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT 5 PM.

FORECASTER JALEEL JACOBS