MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Apr 232000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING NIL

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Apr 241800 UTC.

 LOW PRESSURE L1 CENTRE [1008HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 17.0S 163.2E AT
231800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

LOW PRESSURE L2 CENTRE [1006HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 20.2S 162.1W AT
231800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING. 

TROUGH T1 10S 160E 15S 166E TO L1 TO 19S 164E 24S 169E. T1 SLOW
MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 EQT 163E 12S 167E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140
NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.

TROUGH T3 06S 167E 04S 180 04S 172W 07S 160W 15S 153W 24S 152W. SLOW
MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.

TROUGH T4 12S 164W 15S 157W 20S 155W 22S 156W 25S 158W. SLOW MOVING.
POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 160 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4 IN THE AREA EAST OF
160W. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.

TROUGH T5 17S 169E 11S 179E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 060 NAUTICAL
MILES OF T5.

TROUGH T6 15S 136W 25S 129W. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL
MILES OF T6.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 21S AND BETWEEN 160W AND 135W, EXPECT EASTERLY
WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS, GUSTING UP TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH
SEAS. MODERATE EASTERLY SWELLS.