From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Sep 17 02:37:13 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 o8GIbBaa028022 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:37:12 +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 o8FBi7HZ000852; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3429712 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:58 -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 o8GIawvR019359 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:58 -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 o8GIapdZ027642 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id D74CA405001E; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:50 -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=0 adultscore=4 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009160080 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100916183651.D74CA405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:36:50 -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 668 ATHW40 PHFO 161836 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU SEP 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 16 2010 HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 400 MILES NORTH OF THE STATE ARE PROVIDING TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 28N. LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THE TRADES FROM 10 TO 20 MPH. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW STRATOCUMULUS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN 10N AND 23N FROM 140W TO 170W. NORTH OF 23N TO 30N SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE RUNNING ALONG 27N. WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS OF THE MAIN ISLANDS HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH TRADE WINDS PUSHING MOISTURE UP THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES. LEEWARD LOCATIONS ARE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR. WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS HAVE PATCHES OF OVERCAST SKIES MIXED WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LEEWARD COASTAL WATERS ARE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KAUAI WATERS WHICH ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING NEAR 20N AND THE DATELINE. THE UPPER LOW IS PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LOW WITH CLOUD TOPS REACHING 45 THOUSAND FEET. FAR SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS WITHIN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING BETWEEN 5N AND 13N. WITHIN THE SAME AREA...UNORGANIZED CONVECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SURFACE LOW NEAR 11N 142W AND ANOTHER WEAK LOW PRESSURE NEAR 11N 158W. CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS ARE REACHING AS HIGH AS 52 THOUSAND FEET IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. $$ MORRISON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.