With a slight pressure drop & increase in winds to 70mph(110km/h) overnight a Hurricane Watch has been issued for St. Lucia as Tropical Storm #Bret becomes slightly stronger. Impacts are still the same regardless. System still expected to fall apart later this weekend.
Since that last air recon flight overnight, cloud tops have warmed on infrared satellite indicating storms have likely decreased some, but still a potent Tropical Storm.
8aEDT/AST 22Jun2023