FQPS01 NFFN 171800

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA

EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.

ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AUG 172000 UTC.



PART 1 : WARNING NIL.



PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL AUG 181800 UTC.



 LOW PRESSURE L CENTER [1007HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 08.0S 168.0E AT

171800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.



TROUGH T1 07S 161E 07S 165E TO L TO 10S 170E 13S 175W 16S 180 20S

173W 25S 165W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY

AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1

IN THE AREA NORTH OF 12S. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL

SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120

NAUTICAL MILES OF T1



TROUGH T2 FM L TO 07S 169E 06S 172E 05S 174E SLOW MOVING. POOR

VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 090 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.



TROUGH T3 07S 172W 08S 165W 08S 156W 09S 151W 10S 147W SLOW MOVING.

POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.



STATIONARY FRONT SF 16S 135W 18S 126W 20S 120W SLOW MOVING. POOR

VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.



IN THE AREA WEST AND SOUTH OF T1, EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS

20 TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHERLY SWELLS.