Met officials monitoring tropical wave

As the Barbados Meteorological Services monitors the progress of a tropical wave, it is predicting that generally warm conditions will persist throughout the week and into the weekend.

The system, which is located 1 500 miles to the east-southeast of the region, is currently moving west to west-northwestward across the central Atlantic.

It is expected to pass well north of Barbados on this current track.

“Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for the slow development of this system, and a tropical depression could form over the next few days. This would likely cause the persistence of light winds and warm conditions across the region,” the BMS said in a statement.