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Westmoorings was the talk of the day weather wise, this as a tornado passed through the area causing structural damage. Rochelle Edwards tells us more in our weather forecast.
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00:00Back in with Rochelle for more on tonight's weather forecast.
00:03Thanks, Deesha. Good evening, Trinidad and Tobago.
00:06It's time for the 411 on your weather.
00:09Let's begin with what happened today.
00:11Isolated intense showers and isolated thunderstorms affected portions of western and northwestern Trinidad
00:18with additional widely scattered activity nearing the east coast.
00:23Now, these conditions of hot air and cool air caused the formations of a tornado today
00:28which moved through parts of Victoria Gardens and West Moorings, damaging several homes.
00:34Multiple roofs have been ripped off with galvanized sheets lofted into the air.
00:39Afterwards, the tornado moved into the Gulf of Paria, a visible funnel formed as it became a water spout.
00:46While activity has decreased significantly over the past couple of hours,
00:51widely scattered pockets of light to moderate showers still affected both islands.
00:55This activity persisted into the late afternoon with mainly settled skies returning by sunset.
01:02Flooding occurred in several areas such as the North Coast Road at Maracas Bay,
01:07Claxton Bay and the Tucker Valley Road heading to MacReap, Shagaramus,
01:11overtopped with the roadway becoming impassable.
01:15Now, let's look at tonight.
01:17Settled conditions will be interrupted at times by partly cloudy periods
01:21with showers with a low chance of the isolated thunderstorms.
01:25Minimum temperatures are 24 degrees in Trinidad and 26 in Tobago.
01:30Looking at tomorrow with hopes of better conditions,
01:33well, the Met Office says you can expect partly cloudy to cloudy periods
01:37with showers that will interrupt sunshine.
01:40There's a medium chance of isolated thunderstorm activity,
01:43so it sounds like a mostly rainy day, so walk with your umbrellas.
01:46We have maximum temperatures at 33 degrees in Trinidad and 32 in Tobago.
01:53On to our two-day forecast now.
01:55On Thursday, conditions are expected to be generally fair and breezy in the morning,
02:00gradually becoming partly cloudy with showers developing during the afternoon.
02:04There's a medium chance of isolated thunderstorm activity.
02:08And on Friday, however, conditions will turn cloudy and breezy
02:12with occasional showers or periods of rain throughout the day
02:15and a medium chance of isolated thunderstorms.
02:19Despite a few lingering showers, the night is expected to be more settled.
02:23Maximum temperatures are 33 degrees in Trinidad and 32 in Tobago on Thursday
02:28and 32 degrees in Trinidad and 31 in Tobago on Friday.
02:32Looking at our seas now, seas are moderate with waves 1.5 meters to 2 meters in open waters
02:39and near 1 meter, occasionally choppy, in sheltered areas.
02:44Now to our sun times, the sunrise is at 5.54 in Trinidad and it was set at 5.52.
02:50Over in Tobago, however, sunrise is at 5.51 and it was set at 5.49.
02:55Just a reminder that a hazard of season alert yellow level is still in effect until tomorrow at 9 a.m.
03:04With that being said, here are your tight signs.
03:07That's all for the weather forecast tonight, but stay tuned because later in the newscast,
03:27I'll tell you what the Met has to say about the tornado.
03:31Don't go anywhere because there's more news after the break.
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