####018002316#### FQPS01 NFFN 201800 MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR ISLANDS AREA EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 160E AND 120W. ISSUED BY FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Apr 202000 UTC. PART 1 : WARNING NIL. PARTS 2 AND 3 : SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST VALID UNTIL Apr 211800 UTC. TROUGH T1 19S 160E 21S 163E 23S 166E 25S 168E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T1. TROUGH T2 16S 160E 19S 162E 22S 165E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T2. TROUGH T3 12S 160E 14S 163E 17S 167E 20S 171E 22S 173E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF T3. TROUGH T4 20S 172E 17S 173E 14S 174E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES OF T4. TROUGH T5 01S 169E 05S 171E 08S 172E 10S 173E 12S 174E. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS , HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 130 NAUTICAL MILES OF T5. TROUGH T6 06S 176E 09S 179E 12S 178W 15S 174W 16S 170W 15S 163W. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 130 NAUTICAL MILES OF T6. WEAK TROUGH T7 04S 180 05S 175W 05S 167W 03S 155W 03S 150W 07S 145W. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 090 NAUTICAL MILES OF T7. TROUGH T8 16S 159W 19S 155W 22S 152W 25S 149W. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES OF T8 IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 22S. ELSEWHERE, POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 090 NAUTICAL MILES OF T8. TROUGH T9 17S 153W 16S 149W 15S 145W 14S 140W. SLOW MOVING. POOR VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 140 NAUTICAL MILES OF T9. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 15S AND BETWEEN 170E AND 163W, EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHERLY SWELLS. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF 18S AND EAST OF 145W, EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS.