From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Sep 5 13:39:46 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 o855dj9L026456 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:39:46 +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 o8550kpt001569; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:38:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3233543 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:38:46 -0500 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o855cVau003836 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:38:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o855cPo5010747 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:38:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 179DD405001E; Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:38:25 -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-1009040251 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100905053825.179DD405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:38:25 -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 093 ATHW40 PHFO 050538 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SUN SEP 05 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC SEPTEMBER 05 2010 CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE ISLANDS IS HEAVIEST ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND AND ADJACENT WINDWARD WATERS THIS EVENING. OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER ALL WINDWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES WHILE BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER KONA SLOPES FROM MILOLII TO KAILUA-KONA. KAU ALSO HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS. IN CONTRAST...KAUAI HAS SCATTERED TO PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ONLY ACROSS MAUKA AREAS. OAHU HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE KOOLAU SUMMITS AND WINDWARD SLOPES. THE EASTERN TIP OF MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WHILE LANAI APPEARS TO HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD HALEAKALA SLOPES AND WINDWARD WEST SLOPES ON MAUI. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS LOW CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. WATER VAPOR LOOP...SHOWING FEATURES ABOVE ABOUT 24000 FEET...SHOWS AN UPPER LOW NEAR 31N164W...ABOUT 675 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. AN AREA OF BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS FROM 34N163W TO 27N157W TO 29N164W LIES ALONG THE EASTERN FLANK OF THIS UPPER LOW. THIS FEATURE APPEARS TO BE DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH SLOWLY. ANOTHER UPPER LOW IS NOTED NEAR 34N145W...MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. A 250 TO 350 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS LIES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50N153W TO 44N160W TO 37N170W. THESE CLOUDS JOIN WITH MORE OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS WEST OF 175W BETWEEN 36N AND 51N. THE BAND OF LOW CLOUDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHILE THE LAYERED CLOUDS WEST OF 175W MARKS THE EASTERN FLANK OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL WEST OF THE DATELINE. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE IS MARKED BY SCATTERED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...AND OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS EAST OF 150W BETWEEN 08N AND 12N. MORE CB LIE WEST OF 176W BETWEEN 08N AND 13N. A RAGGED 120 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS LINKS THE TWO CB AREAS ALONG AN ARC FROM 07N150W TO 07N160W TO 09N175W. $$ POWELL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.