From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Sep 15 02:27:18 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 o8EIRGYK029621 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:27:17 +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 o8EF3alr026844; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:26:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3387399 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:26:57 -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 o8EIQv11028624 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:26:57 -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 o8EIQo5X029816 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:26:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9AF864050021; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:26:50 -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=15 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009140089 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100914182650.9AF864050021@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:26:50 -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 297 ATHW40 PHFO 141826 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC TUE SEP 14 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 14 2010 SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI AND OAHU FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING...WHILE SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER WINDWARD COASTS AND ADJACENT WATERS. LARGE SCALE VIEW OF THE TROPICAL CENTRAL PACIFIC SHOWS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS FROM ABOUT 18N TO 24N FROM THE LONGITUDE OF THE ISLANDS TO 140W...WITH ONLY FEW LOW CLOUDS LOCATED BETWEEN 24N AND 30N BETWEEN 165W AND 140W. TRADE WINDS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE ISLANDS...AND LOW CLOUD AND SHOWERS COVERAGE HAS INCREASED SOMEWHAT OVER WINDWARD WATERS...AS COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING IS OVER WINDWARD BIG ISLAND AND ADJACENT WATERS...WHERE BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS /SC/...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERY CUMULUS /CU/...ARE OVER THE PUNA...HILO AND HAMAKUA SLOPES...AND EXTEND UP TO 60 MILES TO THE EAST. THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND IS MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...AS IS THE CASE IN MAUI COUNTY AS WELL. LEEWARD SIDES OF KAUAI AND OAHU ARE MOSTLY FREE OF LOW CLOUD COVER...BUT HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING OVER THESE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE MAKING FOR MILKY SKIES. THE WINDWARD SIDE OF MAUI IS UNDER BROKEN CU AND SC...AS IS THE EXTREME EASTERN TIP OF MOLOKAI. MEANWHILE...LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE ARE MOSTLY SUNNY. ONLY FEW TO SCATTERED CU ARE SEEN NEAR OAHU...AND OVER THE LOWER SLOPES OF KAUAI...BUT THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF KAUAI HAVE BROKEN CU. LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST...AT SPEEDS NEAR 21 MPH. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY REVEALS A CLOSED LOW ALOFT CENTERED ABOUT 700 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI...NEAR 26N 171W...WITH A NORTHEAST TO SOUHTWEST ORIENTED TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW ALONG A LINE FROM 30N 165W TO THE LOW CENTER TO 18N 180. THE LOW HAS BEEN DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OVER THE PAST 6 TO 10 HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEAR THE CORE OF THE LOW...WITHIN 120 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 26N 167W TO 21N 175W. THE HIGH CLOUDS MOVING OVER KAUAI AND OAHU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW AND TROUGH...WITH SOME OF THIS HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE ORIGINATING FROM THE TOPS OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WITHIN THE NEAR EQUATORIAL TRADE WIND CONVERGENCE ZONE SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS IS AT A MINIMA...WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 07N TO 20N BETWEEN 140W AND 145W. $$ BIRCHARD +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.