South West Pacific Marine Bulletin

South West Pacific Marine section provides weather bulletins for islands from Equator to 25S, between 160E and 120W.

SW Pacific Marine Bulletin

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Feb 172000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING NIL.

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Feb 181800 UTC.

LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTRE [1003HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 16.4S 147.5W AT 171800UTC. POSITION POOR. L1 SLOW MOVING.

LOW PRESSURE L2 CENTRE [1005HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 19.3S 156.6W AT 171800UTC. POSITION POOR. L2 SLOW MOVING. CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ 12S 160E 11S 175E 13S 170W TO L2. CZ SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIOD OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 160 NAUTICAL MILES OF CZ.

TROUGH T1 08S 160E 10S 164E. T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 19S 165E 16S 177E TO L1 TO 17S 164W TO L2 TO 21S 149W 25S 142W. T2 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 160 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.

TROUGH T3 20S 172E 25S 180 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 09S AND NORTH OF T2, AND BETWEEN 174W AND 136W, EXPECT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UPTO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

IN THE AREAS SOUTH OF 23S AND BETWEEN 159W AND 127W, EXPECT MODERATE SOUTHERLY SWELLS.

IN THE AREAS SOUTH OF 24S AND BETWEEN 153E AND 168E, EXPECT MODERATE SOUTHERLY SWELLS.
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