South West Pacific Marine
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Jul 262000 UTC.
PART 1 : WARNING GALE WARNING 008 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Jul 261911
UTC.
IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY 25S 176W 23S 176W 22S 173W 25S 172W 25S 176W,
EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS OVER WATERS ONLY.
AREA OF GALES SLOW MOVING.
THIS WARNING CANCELS AND REPLACES WARNING 007.
PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Jul 271800 UTC.
LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTER [1004HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 24.0S 172.0W AT
261800 UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.
TROUGH T1 07S 160E 10S 177E TO L TO 24S 155W 25S 155W SLOW MOVING.
POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN 130 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.
TROUGH T2 16S 172W 24S 164W. T2 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL
MILES OF T2.
TROUGH T3 17S 167W 10S 160W 15S 144W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF
T3.
OUTSIDE GALE WARNING 008 AREA AND IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 11S AND WEST
OF 161W, EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH
SEAS.
IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 19S AND WEST OF 139W,EXPECT MODERATE TO DAMAGING
HEAVY SOUTHERLY SWELLS.
