From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Sep 17 08:31:42 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 o8H0Vf1G023912 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:31:42 +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 o8GIqB87023157; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:31:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3435859 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:31:19 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8H0VJc7024888 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:31:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8H0VCf4010605 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:31:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 85DE7405001E; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:31:12 -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=5 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009160138 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100917003112.85DE7405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:31:12 -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 916 ATHW40 PHFO 170031 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC FRI SEP 17 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC SEPTEMBER 17 2010 HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 400 MILES NORTH OF THE STATE ARE PROVIDING TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 26N. LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THE TRADES BETWEEN 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 PRODUCING THE CLEARER SKIES. WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS OF THE MAIN ISLANDS...EXCEPT OAHU... HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH TRADE WINDS PUSHING MOISTURE UP THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES. OAHU HAS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ON BOTH WINDWARD AND LEEWARD SIDES OF THE ISLAND. THE LEEWARD COAST AND LOWER SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND...THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE KAU DISTRICT...AND THE LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. OTHER LEEWARD LOCATIONS HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS HAVE PATCHES OF OVERCAST SKIES MIXED WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE COASTAL WATERS HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH PATCHES OF BROKEN CLOUDS MOVING ALONG WITH TRADE WINDS. 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 47 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 A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH NEAR 11N 159W. 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.