From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Sep 8 20:01:07 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 o88C16Fr006280 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:01:07 +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 o8836xAa001569; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:00:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3285771 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:00:24 -0500 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o88C0Njl012315 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:00:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o88C0Gbu008605 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:00:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 84B0F405001E; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:00:16 -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-1009080051 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100908120016.84B0F405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:00:16 -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 272 ATHW40 PHFO 081200 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1200 UTC WED SEP 08 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC SEPTEMBER 08 2010 SKIES ARE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY OVER MOST OF THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS EARLY MORNING. BROKEN LOW CLOUDINESS IS ONLY AFFECTING WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES FROM TIME TO TIME. LOW CEILINGS...HOWEVER...ARE EVIDENT IN COASTAL AND LOWER UPSLOPE AREAS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE. PATCHY SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS HAVE FORMED NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST WITH THE PREVAILING TRADE FLOW. PLUME CLOUDINESS IS GENERATING CEILINGS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND AT SOME DISTANCE SOUTH OF OAHU AND KAUAI. ELSEWHERE CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AN UPPER LOW IS CENTERED 975 MILES NORTH OF HONOLULU AND HAS BEEN PUSHING NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH OVER THE PAST SEVEN HOURS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE LOCATED FROM 33N TO 37N BETWEEN 152W AND 160W AS OF BULLETIN TIME. ANOTHER UPPER LOW IS NOW ABOUT 925 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND HAS DRIFTED WEST AT LESS THAN 5 MPH SINCE LAST EVENING. A MORE CONCENTRATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BEING IGNITED BY THIS FEATURE IS FOUND FROM 23.5N TO 30N BETWEEN 171W AND 176.5W. SURFACE TROUGHING FAR SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THE TROUGH IS INDUCING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 141W AND 154W. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF CONVECTION...ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ARE LOCATED FROM 06N TO 11N BETWEEN 155W AND 165W...AND FROM 07N TO 11N WEST OF 169W. HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS...DEBRIS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS FIRING FAR SOUTHWEST OF HAWAII...ARE BEING CARRIED TOWARD THE ISLANDS BY UPPER ATMOSPHERIC SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.