From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Sep 3 13:23:20 2010 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by cozumel.ust.hk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o835NJN8028089 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:23:19 +0800 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8350M0i019570; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:23:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3209193 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:23:05 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o835N5cq022244 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:23:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o835Mwcp006966 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:23:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A1123405001F; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:22:58 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 1 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=1 spamscore=1 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009020261 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: * Message-ID: <20100903052258.A1123405001F@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:22:58 -0500 Reply-To: wxmaster@COX.NET Sender: WX-TROPL Tropical Storm and Hurricane WX products From: LDM Weather Subject: Central Pacific: Satellite Interpretation Message To: WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Precedence: list 666 ATHW40 PHFO 030522 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC FRI SEP 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC SEPTEMBER 03 2010 TO THE NORTHWEST...THIN HIGH CLOUD LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT LOCATED WELL NORTH OF 30N PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES AROUND MIDWAY ISLAND. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN ABOUT 11N AND 07N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION MOSTLY TO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 14N TO 05N. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED MAINLY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND CUMULI GATHERING INTO LOOSE CLUMPS OF VARIOUS SIZES...THOUGH INDIVIDUAL SMALL CUMULI ALSO WERE COMMON. THE LARGEST SEPARATE CLUMP SURROUNDED THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...WHILE SEVERAL CLUMPS IN THE CORNER NORTH OF 20N AND EAST OF 150W MERGED INTO THE LARGE AREA OF NEARLY SOLID OVERCAST LOCATED FURTHER NORTHEAST. RELATIVELY CLEAR AREAS WERE PRESENT TO THE NORTH OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS...AND FROM 18N TO THE ITCZ. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND CUMULI MOVING ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING THE NORTH THROUGH EAST...THOUGH SOME AREAS USUALLY OBSCURED BY CLOUDS REMAINED RELATIVELY CLEAR...AS AROUND UPOLU POINT. LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS INLAND ALSO WERE IMPORTANT OVER LEE SLOPES...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH KONA AND SOUTH KONA DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND...AND ALONG LEE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. AREAS WITH THE LEAST CLOUD COVER WERE LIMITED MAINLY TO NIIHAU...SOUTHWEST COASTAL KAUAI...THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST OF OAHU...THE WEST TIP OF MOLOKAI...NORTHWEST LANAI...THE CENTRAL ISTHMUS OF MAUI...SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...THE VICINITY OF UPOLU POINT ON THE BIG ISLAND...MOST OF SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND...THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF PUNA DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND...AND THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST...THOUGH A FEW ENHANCED CONSIDERABLY ALONG NORTHEAST SLOPES OF MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU. $$ RYSHKO +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-TROPL send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with "unsub wx-tropl" in the body of your message. For help with WX-TROPL write to cnovy@cox.net. For more information on tropical weather products, see the NHC Homepage at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.