Varying concentrations of Saharan dust are across our islands creating slight to moderate hazy conditions and skies are occasionally obscured due to ash clouds from the ongoing explosive eruption at La Soufriere St. Vincent. Scattered showers are likely across St.Vincent and the Grenadines tonight into Wednesday and unstable conditions could support thunderstorm activity. Occasional showers are likely Thursday and Friday...Residents and motorists should take action to protect life and property as a result of rain-soaked ash and extremely poor visibility in volcanic ash.
Gentle to moderate (15 - 25 km/h) south-easterly wind-flow could decrease to a light (10 km/h) wind late Wednesday, but gradually increase (20 - 35 km/h) and turn north-easterly by Thursday night. The south-easterly wind-flow could return Friday afternoon.
Slight to moderate sea-conditions are across our islands; with northerly swells ranging 0.5 m to 1.0 m on western coasts and 1.5 m to 2.0 m on eastern coasts. Swells could start falling during Wednesday, nearing 0.5 m on the east and 1.0 m on the west coasts of SVG, but long-period waves are likely during Thursday afternoon, causing life threatening surf and rip-currents...Small-craft operators and sea-bathers should exercise extreme caution... Additionally, Small craft operators and other users of the sea should not venture along the coast in the red zone due to extremely poor visibility in volcanic ash.