From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Sep 3 20:08:59 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 o83C8vUZ014515 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:08:58 +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 o8350MBk019570; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:08:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3212367 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:08:30 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o83C8USP021888 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:08:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o83C8Nvc024252 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:08:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 429F14050020; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:08:23 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009030043 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100903120823.429F14050020@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:08:23 -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 276 ATHW40 PHFO 031208 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC FRI SEP 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 03 2010 TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN ABOUT 12N AND 06N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION MOSTLY TO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 13N TO 03N. 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 WAS LOCATED AROUND AND TO THE WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...WHILE CLUMPS IN THE CORNER NORTH OF 20N AND EAST OF 150W MERGED WITH THE LARGE AREA OF NEARLY SOLID OVERCAST PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. THESE CLOUDS HAD INCREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THEY GENERALLY MOVED TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND CUMULI MOVING ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING THE NORTH THROUGH EAST...ESPECIALLY IN ONE LARGE MASS OVER MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU. HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER WAS UNUSUALLY LIGHT ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS INLAND ON THURSDAY HAD DISSIPATED FOR THE MOST PART...THOUGH SOME DID LANGUISH STILL IN PLACES...ESPECIALLY ALONG LOWER TO MIDDLE WEST SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 7000 TO 9000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST COAST OF KAUAI...ALONG THE NORTH THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF OAHU...MOLOKAI...AND MAUI...AND WELL OFFSHORE IN THE LEE WAKE OF THE BIG ISLAND. RADAR DATA SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST ELSEWHERE. $$ 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.