Slight haze due to patches of Saharan dust, are across our area and unstable conditions maintain cloudy skies, with periods of rain and occasional moderate/heavy showers and thunderstorms across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) tonight into Saturday…The flash-flood warning remains in effect… Cloudiness could occasionally decrease across some of our islands over the weekend, becoming cloudy again with showers and thunderstorm activity. Showers are likely across SVG again on Monday, as a trough crosses the islands with occasional support from upper level features.

Moderate to occasionally fresh (~ 25 – 40 km/h) easterly breeze could vary in direction during the weekend, with higher gusts (near 50 km/h)

possible.

Small-craft operators and sea-bathers could expect moderate to rough sea-conditions with easterly sea-swells near 2.0 on western coasts and near 3.0 m on eastern coasts of SVG and occasional strong gusts. Swell heights could fall to range 1.5 – 2.5 m across SVG by late Saturday.