Heavy Rain Alert Is Now In Force For the Whole of Fiji Group

A Heavy Rain Alert is now in force for the whole of Fiji Group.

An active trough of low pressure is expected to develop to the west of Fiji and gradually move east over the Fiji group and affect most parts of the Fiji Group from later Wednesday till early Friday.

Occasional to periods of rain, heavy at times, and thunderstorms are expected from Wednesday afternoon or evening.

Localised heavy falls may lead to flash flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas. There is also chance of river flooding.

Afternoon or evening thunderstorms, with isolated heavy falls and possible flash flooding expected to continue, especially over the Central Division, Nadroga/Navosa province, interior of Ba, southern Bua and Cakaudrove province.

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An active trough of low pressure with associated clouds and rain is expected to develop to the west of Fiji and gradually move east over the Fiji group and affect most parts of the group from Wednesday till early Friday.

This expected trough is anticipated to produce occasional to periods of rain, heavy at times, and thunderstorms over most parts of the group from Wednesday afternoon or evening.

Consequently, a Heavy Rain Alert is now in force for the whole of Fiji Group. Localised heavy falls may lead to flash flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas with the chance of river flooding.

Meanwhile, a moist northwesterly wind flow prevails over the Fiji Group.

This is creating unsettled weather with very humid conditions. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms are common, especially over the Central Division, Nadroga/Navosa province, interior of Ba, southern Bua and Cakaudrove province. Isolated heavy falls in the afternoon and evening with possible flash flooding of low-lying and flood-prone areas are expected to continue in these locations through later this week. The risk of flooding is elevated due to saturated

ground conditions from the rainfall events of the past few days.

Conditions are expected to ease from Friday, but isolated heavy falls with thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening may continue.

The Fiji Meteorological Service will continue to monitor this weather event and update warnings and forecasts accordingly.

For more information and clarification, please contact the National Weather Forecasting Centre at (679) 6724888/9905376 or email all-fcstrs@met.gov.fj.

For the latest forecast, you can visit the Fiji Meteorological Service website at www.met.gov.fj or you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Click on the link to access the latest Heavy Rain Alert update:

https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20014.txt

Click on the link to access the daily weather forecast: https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=public

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Figure: Areas under Heavy Rainfall Alert issued at 1pm on 22nd January 2024