From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Sep 5 02:18:32 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 o84IIVRu025777 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:18:32 +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 o83JrHgp019570; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:18:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3229493 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:18:10 -0500 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o84IIAvV027110 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:18:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o84II3ri015579 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:18:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4C7EA405001E; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:18:03 -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=3 adultscore=8 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009040122 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100904181803.4C7EA405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:18:03 -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 064 ATHW40 PHFO 041817 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT SEP 04 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 04 2010 BROAD HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED FAR NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE AREA IS PRODUCING LOW LEVEL TRADE WINDS ACROSS REGION...WHILE A WEAK...BUT COMPLEX...PATTERN ALOFT IS FOUND OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC. A MIX OF SCATTERED TO LOCALLY BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS AND SHOWER-BEARING CUMULUS CLOUDS IS FOUND NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND ACROSS WATERS EAST TO 140W AND NORTH TO 30N. INDIVIDUAL LOW CLOUD MOTIONS NEAR THE STATE ARE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO NEARLY 20 MPH. LOW CLOUD COVERAGE IS FOLLOWING A TYPICAL TRADE-WIND PATTERN OVER THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE PUNA...NORTH AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS...THE WAIPIO VALLEY VICINITY OF THE BIG ISLAND AND WATERS FOR ABOUT 175 MILES TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LIMITED TO THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE REST OF THE STATE. SUBSIDENCE ALOFT SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS PRODUCING RATHER STABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...WHILE A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES TO THE NORTHWEST IS CREATING SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS SOUTH OF MIDWAY ATOLL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS RISE AS HIGH AS 38 KFT DIRECTLY UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL LOW EMBEDDED IN THE UPPER TROUGH NEAR 24N176W. TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE...TWO SEPARATE PORTIONS OF THE ITCZ CONTAIN ACTIVE CONVECTION NORTH OF 10N. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS RISE AS HIGH AS 50 KFT SOUTH OF 12N IN THE AREA EAST OF 148W AND IN THE AREA WEST OF 176W. $$ DWROE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.