THE Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and Hydromet Services will be monitoring the system and providing updates on Tropical Depression Kirk which would be passing close to the Low Coastal Plain of Guyana on Wednesday September 26, 2018.

There is a possibility of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and high winds, the CDC said.
According to weather network, AccuWeather.com, the weather system developed on Saturday morning. It formed at 8.3 degrees north latitude, making it the lowest latitude at which an Atlantic named storm has formed since 1902. Kirk weakened into a tropical depression late Sunday evening but is expected to regain tropical storm status on Monday.
According to weather network, Weather.com, on Monday morning, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in the United States could not find a closed circulation of low pressure, indicating that Kirk was no longer a tropical depression, but rather a tropical wave. This was partly due to Kirk’s rapid westward movement, producing wind shear over the system that ultimately ripped it apart.

The NHC will continue to monitor Kirk’s remnant, currently giving it a medium chance of redevelopment over the next few days as it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean. However, it is expected to encounter a formidable wall of wind shear – the change in wind speed and/or direction with height – as it draws closer to the Lesser Antilles later this week. This wind shear ripped apart Tropical Depression Eleven over the weekend.
Meanwhile, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon assured that the CDC is well-prepared for any national emergency resulting from natural disasters. “I just want to give the assurance to all Guyanese that the Civil Defence Commission is well-organised and prepared to deal with these matters, when and if they occur,” the minister stated.

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Minister Harmon said, disseminates information to countries regarding storms and other impending natural disasters. “We have in place a mechanism that actually steps up our preparations once we have any warnings of any impending disasters,” he informed, noting that “even when these storms do not affect us here in Guyana the Civil Defence Commission prepares for them.”