[Update] Weather alert downgraded to green

The adverse weather alert set by the Met Office has been discontinued.

The weather alert status has been downgraded to green, as bad weather begins to clear.

At 3 am on Friday the Met Office announced the country would be upgraded from yellow to orange alert, in response to a tropical wave travelling west across the Atlantic.

The alert ended at 4 pm on Friday.

A weather report issued at 6 am said TT would experience cloudy and overcast skies with periods of rain in several areas, with heavy thundershowers and winds in excess of 60 km/h.

Meteorologists told Newsday although there was a chance of street flooding, there were no reports of serious flooding.