 Before Alma made landfall , gale warnings and a hurricane watch was issued for Trinidad , Tobago , Grenada , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , and Barbados . As Alma progressed westward , gale warnings were also issued for the Paria and Paraguaná peninsulas of Venezuela , the Guajira Peninsula , and the ABC islands . Initially , the Trinidad and Tobago weather service anticipated Alma would strike Tobago , but as the storm approached , the trajectory over Trinidad became apparent . 
