FQPS01 NFFN 221800

PART 1 OF 2

MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA

EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.

ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE MAR 222000 UTC.



PART 1 : WARNING GALE WARNING 027 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI MAR 221908

UTC.



TROPICAL DISTURBANCE TD10F [1001HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 15.9S 162.3E

AT 221800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.



WITHIN 060 TO 160 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY FROM TD10F CENTRE, IN THE

EASTERN SEMICIRCLE, EXPECT CLOCKWISE WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS OVER WATERS

ONLY DEVELOPING IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. 



AREA OF GALES EXPECTED TO MOVE WITH THE DISTURBANCE.



THIS WARNING CANCELS AND REPLACES WARNING 026.



PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL MAR 231800 UTC.



 TROUGH T1 06S 160E 10S 163E 14S 164E TO TD10F TO 18S 164E 25S 179E.

T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES

AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1 IN THE AREA

N OF 17S. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 080 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.



TROUGH T2 08S 174E 03S 171W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL

MILES OF T2.



TROUGH T3 11S 174W 08S 165W 06S 155W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150

NAUTICAL MILES OF T3.



TROUGH T4 19S 177W 19S 166W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL

MILES OF T4.



TROUGH T5 18S 150W 20S 142W 25S 134W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 130

NAUTICAL MILES OF T5.