The Barbados Meteorological Service has activated

a flash flood warning as heavy rains from a tropical wave continue to drench sections

of the island on Monday (August 17).

The advisory, updated at 11:43 am local time,

further noted that some part of Barbados recorded around an inch (25 mm) of

rainfall overnight as a tropical wave affected the island.

“Unsettled conditions are expected to

continue throughout today and into tonight. As a result, we can expect to see

frequent burst of moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms across

Barbados,” the met service explained.

A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Barbados.— BarbadosMetServices (@BarbadosMet) Residents and visitors should be prepared for the possibilities of:– Large water settlements on roads with significant delays on traffic routes.– Significant flooding at the foot of hillsides and coastal roads is possible.

A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Barbados.— BarbadosMetServices (@BarbadosMet) Residents and visitors should be prepared for the possibilities of:– Large water settlements on roads with significant delays on traffic routes.– Significant flooding at the foot of hillsides and coastal roads is possible. pic.twitter.com/qBwPX6243HAugust 17, 2020

In the meantime, the US-based National

Hurricane Center (NHC) continues to monitor the tropical wave as well as

another system churning in the Atlantic for further development.

The NHC indicated that the tropical wave

approaching the Windward Islands and producing a large area of disorganized

shower and thunderstorm activity.

“This disturbance is moving westward at about

20 mph (32 kilometres/hour), and is expected to continue to move quickly

westward over the eastern and central Caribbean Sea during the next couple of

days, which is likely to limit significant development,” hurricane watchdog

reported.

“After that time, however, the system is

expected to move more slowly westward across the western Caribbean, where

upper-level winds could become more conducive for the development of a tropical

depression during the latter part of this week,” the NHC added.

NHC is monitoring two disturbances for possible development within the next several days. A system in the eastern Atlantic has a high chance of development and a system near the Windward Islands has a medium chance of formation. Follow the latest at — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic)

NHC is monitoring two disturbances for possible development within the next several days. A system in the eastern Atlantic has a high chance of development and a system near the Windward Islands has a medium chance of formation. Follow the latest at — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/hv2WSVp9QEAugust 17, 2020

Regardless of development, NHC forecasters

posited, locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are expected over portions of

the Windward and southern Leeward Islands through Tuesday morning. The tropical

wave has a 50 per cent chance of further development in the next five days.

The second disturbance, a tropical wave in

the eastern tropical Atlantic is forecast to have a 70 per cent chance to form

into an organised system in the next five days, the NHC said.

“A tropical wave over the eastern tropical

Atlantic is forecast to interact with another disturbance located several

hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands within the next day or two.

This interaction is expected to lead to the formation of a broad area of low

pressure, and conditions are forecast to be conducive for the development of a

tropical depression during the middle-to-latter part of this week while the

system moves westward to west-northwestwardly at 15 to 20 mph across the

central and western portions of the tropical Atlantic,” the latest bulletin

indicated.