GMDSS_METAREA14-TROPICS_INMARSAT ========== Caution: NAVIMAIL is not part of the Maritime Safety Information's operational data stream and should never be relied upon as the only means to obtain the latest forecast and warning information. Access to the service may be interrupted or delayed from time to time, update may also experience occasional gaps. Please refer to GMDSS OFFICIAL sources, Inmarsat SafetyNET or international NAVTEX services, for more complete information ========== FQPS01 NFFN 101800 MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W. ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Mar 102000 UTC. PART 1 : WARNING NIL PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Mar 111800 UTC. TROPICAL DEPRESSION TD13F [1003HPA] ANALYSED NEAR 14.4S 168.4E AT 101800 UTC. SLOW MOVING. POSITION POOR. TROPICAL DEPRESSION TD14F [1002HPA] ANALYSED NEAR 12.5S 174.2W AT 101800 UTC. SLOW MOVING. POSITION POOR. CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ1 02S 160E 05S 167E 10S 170E TO TD13F AND SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 180 MILES OF CZ1. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITHIN 180 MILES OF CZ1. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ2 EQT 175E 04S 175W 10S 173W TO TD14F AND SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 180 MILES OF CZ2. WITHIN 120 MILES OF CZ2, EXPECT NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. TROUGH T1 12S 160E 14S 165E TO TD13F TO 14S 175E 13S 180 TO TD14F AND SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF T1. TROUGH T2 FROM TD14F TO 15S 174W 20S 172W 25S 169W AND SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN RAIN AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF T2. STATIONARY FRONT SF 20S 162W 19S 155W 12S 150W 20S 144W 25S 137W AND SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF SF. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 16S AND BETTWEEN 160E AND 175E, EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHEAST SWELLS. ==========