FQPS01 NFFN 151800

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA

EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.

ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Aug 152000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING NIL.

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Aug 161800 UTC.

LOW PRESSURE L CENTER [1007HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 07.0S 168.0E AT

151800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

TROUGH T1 05E 160E TO L TO 15S 170E 19S 179E 25S 168W SLOW MOVING.

POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW

THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1 IN THE AREA WEST OF

175E. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 09S 179E 07S 175W 09S 160W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL

MILES OF T2.

IN THE AREA NORTH OF 20S AND WEST OF 170E, EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS

UPTO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

IN THE AREA NORTH OF 08S AND SOUTH OF 04S, BETWEEN 178E AND 169W,

EXPECT MODERATE SOUTHEAST SWELLS.