The Barbados Meteorological Services is closely monitoring the progress of an area of low pressure near 16N 43W, at 11:00 am today
Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
This is about 1780 km or 1105 miles to the east-northeast of Barbados.
This feature is expected to track north of Barbados Thursday into Friday, as such, no direct impacts are likely.
While environmental conditions are conducive to the slow development of the feature, some fluctuations in intensity are expected as it crosses the tropical Atlantic basin. As the feature nears the island chain, light wind speeds are anticipated on Wednesday, 16 and Thursday, 17 October, resulting in warm daytime temperatures and isolated localized shower activity into the afternoon.
The public is encouraged to monitor the BMS, DEM and GIS websites and their respective social media pages along with the local media networks for further updates over the coming days.
This information statement was issued at 11:00 a.m today and the next update will be at 11:00 a.m, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16, 2024.