MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Aug 092000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING NIL.

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Aug 101800 UTC.

 LOW PRESSURE L CENTER [1008HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 04.0S 172.0E AT
091800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

TROUGH T1 EQT 173E 04S 169E 05S 170E 08S 180 09S 174W. T1 SLOW
MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1 IN THE AREA WEST OF
174E. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 07S 169W 15S 154W 20S 142W 25S 129W SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2 IN THE AREA WEST OF 159W. ELSEWHERE, POOR
VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100
NAUTICAL MILES OF T2. 

WEAK TROUGH T3 11S 173E 14S 174W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.  
 

TROUGH T4 19S 171E 25S 174E SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL
MILES OF T4.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 10S AND BETWEEN 177W AND 145W, EXPECT SOUTHEAST
WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO DAMAGING HEAVY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST SWELLS.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 20S AND BETWEEN 176E AND 178W, EXPECT EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 20S AND BETWEEN 176E AND 171E, EXPECT MODERATE
NORTHEAST SWELLS.