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FQPS01 NFFN 081800
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Feb 082000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING STORM WARNING 045 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Feb 08/1919
UTC 2010 UTC.
Tropical Cyclone PAT centre [985hPa] category 2 was located near 14.0
South 159.6 West at 081800 UTC. Position fair. Repeat position 14.0S
159.6W at 081800 UTC.Cyclone moving southeast about 11 knots and
expected to turn towards the southwest in the next 12 to 18 hours.
Expect sustained winds of 50 knots close to the centre.
Expect winds over 47 knots within 30 nautical miles of centre
         and over 33 knots within 120 nautical miles of centre in
sectors from northeast through southeast to southwest and within 60
nautical miles of centre elsewhere.
Forecast position near 15.0S 159.2W at 090600 UTC
                    and near 15.8S 159.3W at 091800 UTC.
All vessels within 300 nauticals miles of the centre are requested to
send reports every three hours to RSMC NADI. VOS reporting ships use
normal channels. Other vessels fax plus 679 6720190 or email naditcc
at met dot gov dot fj.
This warning cancels and replaces warning 044.

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Feb 091800 UTC.

 TROPICAL CYCLONE PAT CENTRE [985HPA] CAT 1 LOCATED NEAR 14.0S 159.6W
AT 081800UTC MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 11 KNOTS. POSITION FAIR.

LOW L1 [1005HPA] ANALYSED NEAR 11S 174E ANALYSED NEAR 081800UTC SLOW
MOVING.

TROUGH T1 15S 160E 12S 170E 10S 176E TO L1 TO TC PAT TO 15S 154W 20S
146W 25S 142W. T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN RAIN, HEAVY AT
TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF T1 IN THE AREA
EAST OF 172E. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN SHOWERS WITHIN 080 MILES
OF T1.  

CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ1 06S 160E 07S 170E TO L1 SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 180
MILES OF CZ1. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND GUSTING
TO 35 KNOTS WITHIN 150 MILES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF CZ1. ROUGH SEAS.

CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ2 EQ 170E 01S 180 04S 170W 10S 163W TO TC PAT SLOW
MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150
MILES OF CZ2. EXPECT NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND
GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS IN SQUALLS.
 
FOR AREA 1, THAT IS OUTSIDE THE GALE WARNING AREA, EXPECT CLOCKWISE
WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF TC PAT CENTRE IN SECTORS
FROM NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST AND WITHIN 120 MILES
ELSEWHERE.

OVER BROAD AREA SOUTH OF 15S, BETWEEN 160E AND 150W, AND OUTSIDE
AREA1, EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 AND UPTO 30 KNOTS AT TIMES.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHEAST SWELLS, HEAVY SOUTH OF
20S.

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