FQPS01 NFFN 131800

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA

EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.

ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Nov 132000 UTC.



PART 1 : WARNING NIL.



PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Nov 141800 UTC.



 LOW PRESSURE L CENTRE [1013HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 25.0S 150.0W AT

131800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.



TROUGH T1 11S 160E 10S 165E 09S 170E 08S 174E SLOW MOVING. POOR

VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN

100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.



WEAK TROUGH T2 08S 176E 07S 180 08S 173W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY

IN SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 090 NAUTICAL MILES

OF T2.



TROUGH T3 08S 172W 11S 159W 15S 150W 20S 140W 25S 127W SLOW MOVING.

POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.



TROUGH T4 15S 161W 17S 165W 19S 151W 21S 148W SLOW MOVING. POOR

VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN

100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.



TROUGH T5 15S 168E 18S 175E 20S 179E 22S 178W 25S 175W SLOW MOVING.

POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW

THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 130 NAUTICAL MILES OF T5.



IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 17S AND BETWEEN 172W AND 135W, EXPECT EAST TO

SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO

DAMAGING HEAVY SOUTHERLY SWELLS.



IN THE AREA NORTH OF 08S AND BETWEEN 155W AND 120W, EXPECT EASTERLY

WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.