South West Pacific Marine

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W. ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Dec 012000 UTC. PART 1 : WARNING NIL. PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Dec 021800 UTC. LOW PRESSURE L CENTER [1007] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 09.8S 170.9E AT 011800UTC POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING. TROUGH T1 06S 160E 05S 165E 05S 170E SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 180 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1. TROUGH T2 EQT 169E 06S 172E TO L. T2 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2. TROUGH T3 EQT 173E 05S 175E 09S 176E SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 130 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3. TROUGH T4 FM L TO 12S 175W 11S 160W 13S 148W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 190 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4. TROUGH T5 19S 175E 22S 178E 25S 180 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS WITHIN 080 NAUTICAL MILES OF T5. TROUGH T6 14S 158W 20S 148W 24S 144W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T6. TROUGH T7 21S 133W 25S 126W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES OF T7. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 06S AND NORTH OF 13S AND WEST OF 176E, EXPECT NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 11S AND NORTH OF 16S AND EAST OF 136W, EXPECT EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.