FPKB40 NFFN 261500

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RNZI

KIRIBATI AND BANABA

WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED FROM NWFC NADI JUN 261603 UTC.

SITUATION:

THE INTER-TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE [ITCZ] AFFECTS WESTERN KIRIBATI

AND EXTENDS EASTWARDS OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTHERN LINE

ISLANDS. MEANWHILE, AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PREVAILS OVER THE GROUP. 

FORECAST TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR KIRIBATI

MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS.

MODERATE SEAS.

WESTERN KIRIBATI: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW

THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST PLACES. SHOWERS EXPECTED TO EASE FROM LATER

TOMORROW. 

NORTHERN LINE ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT AND NORTH OF FANNING ISLAND. ELSEWHERE, CLOUDY

PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS.

PHOENIX ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND FEW

THUNDERSTORMS. 

SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS. 

FURTHER OUTLOOK:    WESTERN KIRIBATI: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME

SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. 

NORTHERN LINE ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS. FINE APART FROM BRIEF SHOWERS

ELSEWHERE.

PHOENIX ISLANDS: CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS.

SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS:  CLOUDY PERIODS WITH BRIEF SHOWERS.

FOR TARAWA:

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST

PLACES. SHOWERS EXPECTED TO EASE FROM LATER TOMORROW. 

FURTHER OUTLOOK:    CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE

THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR BANABA:

SITUATION: A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LIES SLOW MOVING IN THE VICINITY

OF BANABA. MEANWHILE, AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PREVAILS OVER THE GROUP.

