The Trinidad and To-ba-go Me-te-o-ro-log-i-cal Ser-vice has is-sued an up-dat-ed yel-low lev-el high wind alert for Trinidad and To-ba-go and sur-round-ing wa-ters, warn-ing that breezy to windy con-di-tions are ex-pect-ed to con-tin-ue in-ter-mit-tent-ly un-til to-mor-row af-ter-noon.
In a pub-lic warn-ing mes-sage is-sued at 10.03 am to-day, the Met Of-fice said gusts ex-ceed-ing 55 kilo-me-tres per hour are like-ly, es-pe-cial-ly near show-ers.
The con-di-tions are ex-pect-ed to be more se-vere in east-ern ar-eas and along el-e-vat-ed ter-rain.
The Met Of-fice warned that while the gusts may be brief, they could still dis-place un-se-cured roofs and loose out-door items and break tree branch-es.
The alert, which took ef-fect yes-ter-day morn-ing, re-mains in force un-til 2 pm to-mor-row.
The Met Of-fice al-so warned that sea con-di-tions are ex-pect-ed to be-come ag-i-tat-ed and may dis-rupt ma-rine ac-tiv-i-ties.
Mem-bers of the pub-lic have been ad-vised to se-cure loose out-door ob-jects and live-stock, while ma-rine in-ter-ests have been urged to ex-er-cise cau-tion.
Small craft op-er-a-tors have al-so been ad-vised to re-strict ac-tiv-i-ty dur-ing the alert pe-ri-od.
Beach-go-ers have been urged to fol-low the in-struc-tions of life-guards and con-tin-ue mon-i-tor-ing of-fi-cial weath-er up-dates from the Trinidad and To-ba-go Me-te-o-ro-log-i-cal Ser-vice.
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