FPKB40 NFFN 031200

RNZI

KIRIBATI AND BANABA

WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED FROM NWFC NADI JUL 031431 UTC.

SITUATION:

THE INTER-TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE [ITCZ] LIES OVER NORTHERN LINE

ISLAND AND EXTENDS WESTWARD NEAR WESTERN KIRIBATI. MEANWHILE, AN

EASTERLY WIND FLOW PREVAILS OVER THE GROUP.

FORECAST TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR KIRIBATI

MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY WINDS.

MODERATE SEAS.

WESTERN KIRIBATI:  CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS . 

NORTHERN LINE ISLANDS: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW

THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT AND NORTH OF FANNING ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY

PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS.

PHOENIX ISLANDS: FINE APART FROM BRIEF SHOWERS. 

SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS: FINE APART FROM BRIEF SHOWERS. 

FURTHER OUTLOOK:    WESTERN KIRIBATI: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. 

NORTHERN LINE ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT AND NORTH OF FANNING ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY

PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS. 

PHOENIX ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS.

SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS:  FINE APART FROM BRIEF SHOWERS.

FOR TARAWA:

CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS .  

FURTHER OUTLOOK:    CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR BANABA:

SITUATION: AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PREVAILS OVER BANABA.

CLOUDY PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS.

MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY WINDS.

MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

FURTHER OUTLOOK:    CLOUDY PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS.