MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Oct 022000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING NIL.

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Oct 031800 UTC.

 LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTER [1017HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 23.0S 163.0E AT
021800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

LOW PRESSURE L2 CENTER [1017HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 23.0S 170.0E AT
021800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

TROUGH T1 06S 160E 08S 177W 07S 167W. T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY
IN  OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120
NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 08S 161E TO L2 TO L1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.

WEAK TROUGH T3 14S 174E 22S 175W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME
SHOWERS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.

STATIONARY FRONT SF 11S 146W 17S 130W 23S 120W SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES OF SF.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 09S AND BETWEEN 154E AND 155W, EXPECT EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE
SOUTHERLY SWELLS.