FQPS01 NFFN 071800

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA

EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.

ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Jan 072000 UTC.



PART 1 : WARNING NIL.



PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Jan 081800 UTC.



 LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTRE [1004HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 09.9S 169.5E AT

071800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.



TROUGH T1 03S 160E 02S 170E 05S 174E 08S 177E TO L1 TO 12S 171E 20S

178E. T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL TO PERIODS OF

RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES

OF T1 IN THE AREA NORTH OF 10S. ELSEWHERE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND

POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 060 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.



TROUGH T2 EQT 177E 08S 179E 11S 176E 12S 172E. SLOW MOVING. POOR

VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS

WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.



TROUGH T3 18S 171E 22S 176E 25S 180. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120

NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.



TROUGH T4 12S 165W 14S 154W 17S 146W 22S 140E 25S 135W. SLOW MOVING.

POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.



WITHIN 060 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1, IN THE AREA NORTH OF 10S, EXPECT

NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.



IN THE AREA WEST OF T3 AND SOUTH OF 16S, EXPECT SOUTHEASTERLY 20 TO

25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.