MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Jun 142000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING GALE WARNING 013  ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Jun 141922
UTC.

IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY 16S 172E 17S 173E 19S 170E 16S 169E 17S 170E
16S 172E, EXPECT NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 40 KNOTS OVER
WATERS ONLY.
AREA OF GALES MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS.

THIS WARNING CANCELS AND REPLACES WARNING NUMBER 011.

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Jun 151800 UTC.

 LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTRE [1005HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 16.1S 170.2E AT
141800UTC. POSITION POOR. L1 MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS.

TROUGH T1 01S 160E 05S 170E 10S 174E TO L1 TO 20S 174E. T1 MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN,
HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 180 NAUTICAL MILES OF
T1.

TROUGH T2 10S 174W 11S 165W 15S 150W TO STATIONARY FRONT SF 20S 140W
25S 130W. T2 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY
AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2 IN THE
AREA WEST OF 165W. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS
AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2 AND SF.

COLD FRONT CF 16S 166E 20S 169E 25S 175E. CF MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 10 KNOTS. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES
AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES OF CF.

OUTSIDE GALE WARNING AREA 013, SOUTH OF 10S AND WEST OF 170W, EXPECT
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS.
 
IN THE AREA SOUTH OF T2 AND BETWEEN 170W AND 150W, EXPECT SOUTHEAST
WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHERLY SWELLS.