Heavy rains and strong gusty winds are possible across T&T and other Caribbean islands during the next day or two, due to an approaching tropical wave.

The wave, which is still over the Atlantic as of this morning, has not become better organized and it has a low chance of formation during the next 48 hours.

According to the National Hurricane Centre’s projections as of 8am today, the wave is forecast to pass over a large part of T&T.

The latest from the T&T Met Service, issued on Sunday afternoon, stated “Although environmental conditions are only forecast to be marginally conducive for some gradual development, this system could still become a tropical depression during the next few days while it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic and eastern Caribbean Sea. Unfavourable upper-level winds are forecast when the system moves into the central Caribbean around midweek, decreasing the chances of formation. The initial outlook for Trinidad and Tobago is for cloudy periods with showers and the medium chance for thunderstorms over some areas, between Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.”