From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Sep 4 13:08:18 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 o8458GfD024324 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:08:18 +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 o83JrHTf019570; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:07:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3225578 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:07:58 -0500 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8457wwo006744 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:07:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8457pJs006833 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:07:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 34637405001E; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:07:51 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 12 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=12 spamscore=12 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=4 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009030225 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: ** Message-ID: <20100904050751.34637405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:07:51 -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 969 ATHW40 PHFO 040507 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SAT SEP 04 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC SEPTEMBER 04 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE CENTERED NEAR 22N 176W. ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULI DEVELOPED FROM THE MARINE STRATOCUMULI PASSING UNDER THE CENTER OF THE LOW. THIN LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES NEAR 24N 173W. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN ABOUT 12N AND 06N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 16N TO 02N. 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 GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OCCURRED TO THE NORTHEAST...AND TO THE SOUTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY MOVED TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET...THOUGH A FEW TALLER CUMULI APPROACHED 12000 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 ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY. LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS INLAND ALSO WERE IMPORTANT... ESPECIALLY OVER LOWER TO MIDDLE WEST SLOPES OF HALEAKALA AND THE BIG ISLAND. AREAS WITH THE LEAST CLOUD COVER WERE LIMITED MAINLY TO SOUTHWEST KAUAI...CENTRAL OAHU...THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH THROUGH WEST COAST OF OAHU...THE WEST HALF OF MOLOKAI...COASTAL LANAI...SOUTH SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...THE COAST OF SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND...THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND... AND THE SUMMITS 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 NORTHEAST COAST OF MAUI...AND WELL OFFSHORE TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST IN THE LEE WAKES OF KAUAI...OAHU...AND MAUI COUNTY. 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.