Vehicles in the Pine make their way through rising waters.
Barbadians can expect the rest of the week to be cloudy as the island is expected to be affected by a tropical wave.
This came from Andrew Daniel, Meteorologist II (Ag) of the Barbados Meteorological Services during an interview with The Barbados Advocate yesterday evening.
The Meteorologist explained that there was some activity over the central and western parts of the island chain early yesterday morning, which resulted in some isolated thunderstorms and moderate to heavy showers due to some localised activity.
He noted that there was a tropical wave approaching the east of Barbados and, based on its progression and the band of clouds approaching with the wave, it is expected to be cloudy to overcast, with moderate showers and some thunderstorms in the area.
“There is an upper level trough over the region and that will likely enhance the cloud development with the tropical wave. We expect this wave to affect us, but as it moves further west we will still experience off table conditions as the upper level feature is still there and that feature by it self will induce weather similar to what we had last week,” he said.
“Later in the week, we are still expecting the instability associated with the wave to affect us. There will still be some cloudiness, but the showers and thunderstorm activity may not be as great as this evening into tonight. And it will stick around until Saturday morning.”
Daniel explained that the reason the MET Office issued a flash flood warning was due to what was shown on the radar imagery. He said that while the showers may not be intense due to the mid levels over Barbados being relatively dry to a point that could hamper or hinder cloud growth, heavy showers and some torrential downpours were still expected in some areas, and that resulted in them sending out the warning. (CLJB)