SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER THIRTY SEVEN FOR HEAVY RAIN ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI AT 2PM ON THURSDAY THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY, 2017. HEAVY RAIN WARNING A HEAVY RAIN WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR LAU GROUP. A HEAVY RAIN ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE REST OF FIJI. SITUATION: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 09F CENTRE [999HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 20.0S 179.4W OR ABOUT 130KM EAST OF MATUKU AND ABOUT 310KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SUVA AT 12NOON TODAY. TD09F IS MOVING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 12KM/HR. ASSOCIATED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WITH CLOUD AND RAIN AFFECTS THE LAU GROUP. MEANWHILE, ANOTHER ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE FAR WEST OF FIJI IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE EAST AND AFFECT THE COUNTRY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FORECAST FOR THE WHOLE OF FIJI GROUP. TILL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY FOR LAU GROUP: PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS, EASING TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY FALLS FROM THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF FIJI: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY FALLS. FOR FRIDAY: SHOWERS INCREASING TO RAIN, BECOMING FREQUENT AND HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS FROM AFTERNOON OVER MOST PLACES. 24 HOURS RAINFALL SINCE 9AM YESTERDAY(08/02) TILL 9AM TODAY OVER SOME STATIONS AROUND FIJI;- STATIONS RAINFALL(mm) TAVUA - 238.0 YAQARA - 179.0 BA - 131.2 NADARIVATU - 125.0 RAKIRAKI - 118.5 LAKEBA - 81.5 UDU POINT - 62.4
LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN ON HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ISSUED AT 5PM TODAY OR EARLIER.
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER FOURTY FOR FLOOD ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI AT 2.00PM ON THURSDAY THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY, 2017 FLOOD ALERT A FLOOD ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS ADJACENT TO RAKIRAKI TOWN AND DOWNSTREAM OF RAKIRAKI STATION. FLOOD ALERT CANCELLATION THE FLOOD ALERT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN FORCE FOR THE LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS ADJACENT TO THE FOLLOWING STATIONS IS NOW CANCELLED; NADI BRIDGE STATION AND DOWNSTREAM OF NADI RIVER. DREKETILAILAI STATION AND DOWNSTREAM OF QAWA RIVER. SITUATION A HEAVY RAIN WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE LAU GROUP. A HEAVY RAIN ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE REST OF FIJI. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO: http://www.met.gov.fj/aifs_prods/20014.txt LEVEL AT RAKIRAKI STATION WAS 2.1M AT 1.30PM WHICH IS 0.1M ABOVE WARNING LEVEL AND DECREASING. LEVEL AT DREKETILAILAI STATION WAS 1.7M AT 1.30PM WHICH IS 0.3M BELOW WARNING LEVEL AND DECREASING. LEVEL AT NADI BRIDGE STATION WAS 2.8M AT 1.30PM WHICH IS 0.7M BELOW ALERT LEVEL AND DECREASING.
TIME HEIGHT HIGH TIDE: 05.01PM 2.28M LOW TIDE: 11.31PM 0.32M
THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN FOR FLOOD WILL BE ISSUED AT 4.00PM TODAY OR EARLIER.
