From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Sep 4 02:31:04 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 o83IV2jm029911 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:31:04 +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 o8350MBQ019557; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:30:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3218074 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:30:50 -0500 Received: from relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (relay10.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.10]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o83IUnR2001084 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:30:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o83IUhZA022964 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:30:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1BB424050020; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:30:43 -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-1009030116 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100903183043.1BB424050020@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:30:43 -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 286 ATHW40 PHFO 031830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC FRI SEP 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 03 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHARPENING OVER THE REGION BETWEEN 200 AND 800 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ANOTHER TROUGH IS CENTERED NORTH OF 30N NEAR 168W BUT THE TROUGH AXIS STRETCHES SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CONNECTING TO AN UPPER LOW NEAR 21N175W. BETWEEN THESE TROUGHS...A SHARP NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS POSITIONED ALONG 162W...OR ABOUT 200 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. DEEP MOISTURE IS GENERALLY LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...SOUTH OF 13N...NEAR THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF 10N. INFRARED IMAGERY SHOWS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS ABOVE 40000 FEET NEAR 10N142W AND BETWEEN 160W AND THE DATELINE BETWEEN 10N TO 12N. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA...LOW TOPPED STRATOCUMULUS DOMINATES. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF THESE CLOUDS IS NORTH OF 18N BETWEEN 165W AND 140W...AND INCLUDES THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THESE CLOUDS ARE GENERALLY MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE TRADE WIND FLOW. OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS COVERS KAUAI...THE WATERS SURROUNDING KAUAI AND THE WINDWARD SIDES OF OAHU...MOLOKAI AND MAUI. ADDITIONAL LOW CLOUD DECKS ARE FOUND BETWEEN 50 AND 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALL ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN. THE CLOUD TOPS OVER THE STATE ARE ESTIMATED BY SATELLITE TO BE BETWEEN 8000 AND 10000 FEET...WITH CLOUD MOVEMENT TO THE WEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.