From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Sep 10 20:18:48 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 o8ACIkQ4029127 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:18:47 +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 o8ABvuG0022418; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:18:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3323527 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:18:29 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8ACIT64006745 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:18:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8ACILb1006016 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:18:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6E140405001E; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:18:21 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 2 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=2 spamscore=2 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009100042 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: * Message-ID: <20100910121821.6E140405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:18:21 -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 203 ATHW40 PHFO 101218 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC FRI SEP 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 10 2010 A BROAD UPPER TROUGH CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE DATELINE NEAR 25N AND AN UPPER LEVEL JET TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE TROUGH IS LIFTING HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE NORTH AND NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC REGION. INFRARED AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THESE LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS STRETCHING FROM 160W TO THE DATELINE SOUTH OF 18N AND LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND CHAIN FROM MAUI WEST TO KAUAI AND CONTINUING TO NIHOA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING DOMINATES THE AREA EAST OF 150W. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THE DATELINE TROUGH BETWEEN 24N AND 27N WEST OF 175W. HIGHEST CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 40000 FEET AND THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEAR A LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH TOPS NEAR 50000 FEET. MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE HIGH LAYERED CLOUDINESS ALONG 10N TO 12N...WEST OF 165W. ELSEWHERE...LOW TOPPED STRATOCUMULUS ARE PRESENT IN BROKEN TO OVERCAST DECKS BETWEEN THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TO OVER 1000 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE WINDWARD MOUNTAIN SLOPES...WINDWARD COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF ALL ISLANDS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE KONA COAST AND SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM NEAR KEAHOLE POINT SOUTHWARD TO NEAR SOUTH POINT. THE PASSING HIGH CLOUDS ARE OBSCURING LOW CLOUD DETAILS ELSEWHERE OVER THE ISLANDS. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS TOWARDS THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...WHILE HIGH CLOUDS ARE RACING NORTHEAST AT ROUGHLY 40 MPH. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.