NEWS ITEMS ON TROPICAL STORM BRET ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM FRIDAY 23RD, JUNE 2023.

...BRET LOSING STRENGTH OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
...RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS STILL LINGERING IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...

AT 5:00 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.1 °NORTH AND LONGITUDE 66.6 ° WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF CURACAO.
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 21 MILES PER HOUR.   

THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF BRET WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NORTH OF THE ABC ISLANDS SEA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND BRET IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA BY SUNDAY.

THIS SYSTEM POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.