MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Jan 102000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING GALE WARNING 022 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Jan 101912
UTC.

IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY 16S 170W 15S 168W 19S 166W 19S 168W 16S 170W,
EXPECT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS OVER WATERS ONLY.

AREA OF GALES MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 KNOTS.

THIS WARNING CANCELS AND REPLACES WARNING 020.

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GALE WARNING 023 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Jan 101912 UTC.

TROPICAL CYCLONE PITA CENTRE 996HPA CATEGORY 1 WAS LOCATED NEAR 19.2
SOUTH 169.7 WEST AT 101800 UTC.
POSITION FAIR.
REPEAT POSITION 19.2S 169.7W at 101800 UTC.
CYCLONE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.
EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 KNOTS CLOSE TO THE CENTRE.

EXPECT WINDS OVER 33 KNOTS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT  
                         
                        AND WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT 
                        AND WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT
                        AND WITHIN 80 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT

FORECAST POSITION NEAR 20.3S 165.5W AT 110600 UTC  
              AND NEAR 21.2S 161.7W AT 111800 UTC.

ALL VESSELS WITHIN 300 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE ARE REQUESTED TO SEND
REPORTS EVERY THREE HOURS TO RSMC NADI. VOS REPORTING SHIPS USE
NORMAL CHANNELS. OTHER VESSELS FAX PLUS 679 6720190 OR EMAIL NADITCC
AT MET DOT GOV DOT FJ

THIS WARNING CANCELS AND REPLACES WARNING 021. 

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Jan 111800 UTC.

 TROPICAL CYCLONE PITA CATEGORY 1 [996HPA] CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR
19.2S 169.7W AT 101800UTC. POSITION FAIR. TC PITA MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.

LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTRE [1007HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 12.3S 170.0E AT
101800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

LOW PRESSURE L2 CENTRE [1003HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 22.8S 154.8W AT
101800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ1 10S 179E 13S 175W 16S 172W SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES OF CZ1. WITHIN 180 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST
OF CZ1, EXPECT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY
ROUGH SEAS.

TROUGH T1 10S 164E 12S 167E TO L1 TO 13S 175E 14S 180 15S 173W 17S
171W TO TC PITA CENTER TO 21S 165W 21S 155W TO L2 TO 23S 149W 25S
145W. T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 160 NAUTICAL MILES W OF 164W OF T1.
ELSEWHERE, OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 17S 155W 20S 146W 23S 149W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150
NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.

TROUGH T3 23S 147W 25S 137W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150
NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.

OUTSIDE GALE WARNING 023 AREA AND WITHIN 300 NAUTICAL MILES OF TC
PITA CENTRE, EXPECT CLOCKWISE WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS, GUSTING UPTO 35
KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY SWELLS.