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 161800 MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W. ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE May 162000 UTC. PART 1 : WARNING NIL PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL May 171800 UTC. CONVERGENCE ZONE CZ1 08S 160E 09S 175E 15S 170W 25S 152W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 MILES OF CZ1 IN AREAS WITHIN 170E AND 175W. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN SCATTERED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF CZ1. STATIONARY FRONT SF1 17S 172E 21S 180 25S 167W. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF SF1. WEAK TROUGH T1 04S 173W 03S 150W 04S 146S. POOR VISIBILITY IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 MILES OF T1. OVER BROAD AREA SOUTH OF EQUATOR AND EAST OF 140W, MODERATE SOUTHWEST SWELLS BECOMING HEAVY SOUTH OF 05S. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 19S AND WEST OF 175W, EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND UPTO 25 KNOTS AT TIMES. ROUGH SEAS. ==========