From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Sep 4 20:13:39 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 o84CDbup013683 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 20:13:38 +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 o83JrHZu019570; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:13:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3227692 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:13:17 -0500 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o84CDGBU002928 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:13:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o84CDAE8013668 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:13:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 31259405001E; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:13:10 -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-1009040048 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100904121310.31259405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:13:10 -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 762 ATHW40 PHFO 041213 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SAT SEP 04 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 04 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE CENTERED NEAR 24N 175W. THIN LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES WITHIN ABOUT 120 MILES OF THE CENTER. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN ABOUT 13N AND 08N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 16N TO 02N. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PERSISTED NEAR THE POINT 11N 143W...OR ABOUT 1000 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII. THIS FEATURE HAS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 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 WITHIN THE CURVE FROM 30N 149W TO 27N 158W TO 30N 166W TO 24N 179W TO 14N 169W TO 17N 160W TO 13N 153W TO 18N 146W TO 19N 140W. THESE CLOUDS HAD INCREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THEY 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 FROM MOLOKAI TO KAUAI. LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS ON FRIDAY HAD DISSIPATED FOR THE MOST PART. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG AND JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE NORTH COASTS OF OAHU AND MOLOKAI...AND WELL OFFSHORE TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST IN THE LEE WAKE OF THE BIG ISLAND... BUT 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.