Marine weather advisory: troughs causing poor visibility, thunderstorms expected.

VTFQ13 NZCL 242130

EGC 0,1,31,14,01,0
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SUMMARY OF FORECASTS FOR METAREA 14
ALL SHIPS FROM METEO WELLINGTON
FQPS01 NFFN 241800
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA
EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W.
ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE DEC 242000 UTC.

PART 1 : WARNING NIL

PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL DEC 251800 UTC.

LOW PRESSURE L CENTER [1003HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 24.9S 175.8E AT
241800UTC. POSITION POOR. SLOW MOVING.

TROUGH T1 13S 160E 16S 165E 20S 169E 25S 170E. T1 SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN 160 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1.

TROUGH T2 05S 164E 10S 175E 17S 180 21S 179E TO L. T2 SLOW MOVING.
POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2.

TROUGH T3 FM L TO 23S 178W 21S 168W. T3 SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY
IN SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES
OF T3.

TROUGH T4 15S 177W 20S 168W 22S 160W 25S 154W SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 110
NAUTICAL MILES OF T4.

TROUGH T5 10S 170W 12S 165W 16S 160W 23S 155W SLOW MOVING. POOR
VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100
NAUTICAL MILES OF T5.

TROUGH T6 17S 150W 22S 140W 25S 132W SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN
SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES OF
T6.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 14S AND BETWEEN 163E AND 172E, EXPECT
NORTHWESTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF EQT AND NORTH OF 05S, BETWEEN 177E AND 144W,
EXPECT EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS.

IN THE AREA SOUTH OF EQT AND EAST OF 143W, EXPECT MODERATE NORTHWEST
SWELLS.