From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Sep 15 13:40:35 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 o8F5eX1F026152 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:40:34 +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 o8F50k3M027966; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:40:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3398447 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:40:22 -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 o8F5eLW9003231 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:40:21 -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 o8F5eEVd017698 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:40:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id B1CE7405001E; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:40:14 -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-1009140198 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100915054014.B1CE7405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:40:14 -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 659 ATHW40 PHFO 150540 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED SEP 15 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC SEPTEMBER 15 2010 THE ISLAND SKIES AT SUNSET INCLUDE A THIN OVERCAST LAYER OF HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS. THESE CLOUDS ARE FROM THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 1350 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI. SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THESE STORMS ABOVE 20000 FEET...ARE CARRYING THESE CLOUDS TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE SOUTHWEST WINDS ABOVE US ARE DUE TO A WELL ANCHORED UPPER LEVEL LOW AND TROUGHS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE STATE. THE UPPER LOW IS NEAR 21N176W. A TROUGH EXTENDS NORTHWARD FROM THE LOW TO 27N170W TO 30N165W TO 35N153W. ANOTHER TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW TO 15N176W TO 10N180W. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IS SITUATED BETWEEN THE LOW/TROUGHS AND THE BIG ISLAND. THE BULK OF THE CIRRUS IS CONFINED TO WITHIN 100 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 12N175W TO 22N163W TO 25N150W. THE CIRRUS ARE THIN ENOUGH SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO VIEW THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND SURROUNDING AREA. SATELLITE IMAGERY BASICALLY SHOWS SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS UPWIND OF THE ISLANDS FOR 650 MILES. THESE CLOUDS...WHICH CONTAIN A FEW SHOWERS...ARE RIDING IN WITH AN EAST NORTHEAST WIND FLOW CLOCKED AT 15 TO 20 MPH. BROKEN COVERAGE MAINLY RESIDED OVER THE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN SECTIONS OF KAUAI...OAHU...AND MAUI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS...CONTAINING A FEW SHOWERS...ARE PRESENT OVER THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS OF KAUAI... MAUI...AND THE HAMAKUA COAST AND PUNA DISTRICT OF THE BIG ISLAND. WHILE THE LEEWARD SECTIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS ARE GENERALLY FAIR...THE KAU SLOPES...THE KONA DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS...ARE CLOUDY THIS HOUR. WEATHER RADAR HAS NOT DETECTED ANY SHOWERS WITH THESE CLOUDS. LOW CLOUD COVERAGE INCREASES TO BROKEN TO OVERCAST BEYOND 650 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND STRETCHES NORTHEASTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR NORTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN THE AREA BETWEEN 25N AND 35N FROM 135W TO 162W. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NON EXISTENT IN THE TROPICS SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...EXCEPT FOR A LONE CELL AT 07N167W. $$ LAU +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.