South West Pacific Marine
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Mar 182000 UTC.
PART 1 : WARNING NIL.
PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Mar 191800 UTC.
LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTER [1005HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 17.0S 162.0E AT
181800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.
LOW PRESSURE L2 CENTER [1009HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 21.0S 170.0W AT
181800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.
TROUGH T1 11S 160E 14S 164E 17S 166E SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120
NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.
TROUGH T2 03S 167E 10S 168E 14S 167E SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL
MILES OF T2.
TROUGH T3 17S 160E TO L1 TO 18S 170E 17S 175E 16S 180 19S 172W TO L2
TO 25S 165W. T3 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN,
HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF
T2 IN THE AREA BETWEEN L1 AND 175W. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3
ELSEWHERE.
TROUGH T4 04S 178E 07S 175W 09S 165W 05S 150W 02S 153W 03S 120W SLOW
MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.
TROUGH T5 18S 143W 20S 137W 25S 131W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL
MILES OF T5.
IN THE AREA SOUTH OF T3 AND WEST OF 175W, EXPECT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
UPTO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHERLY SWELLS.