From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Sep 17 13:23:54 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 o8H5NrvB009196 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:23:53 +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 o8H50QX7023157; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:23:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3440354 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:23:12 -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 o8H5NAC5021592 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:23:10 -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 o8H5N38H006021 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:23:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4D41C405001F; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:23:03 -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-1009160179 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100917052303.4D41C405001F@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:23:03 -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 291 ATHW40 PHFO 170522 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC FRI SEP 17 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC SEPTEMBER 17 2010 TO THE NORTHWEST...A BAND OF DENSE LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT APPROACHED MIDWAY ISLAND SLOWLY FROM THE NORTHWEST. TO THE WEST...WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOWED A COMPACT CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE NEAR 20N 180. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TOWERING CUMULI ORBITED WITHIN ABOUT 200 MILES OF THE LOW CENTER...PRODUCING LIMITED QUANTITIES OF LAYERED HIGH TO MIDDLE DEBRIS CLOUDS WITHIN THAT AREA AS WELL. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 12N AND 05N...MOSTLY WEST OF 154W. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES MOSTLY FROM 14N TO 04N...AND PARTLY FROM 17N TO THE EQUATOR. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED MAINLY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULI BETWEEN THE ITCZ AND THE CURVE FROM 23N 140W TO 22N 153W TO 30N 175W...THOUGH A FEW INDIVIDUAL SMALL CUMULI APPEARED AS WELL. THESE CLOUDS WERE ORGANIZED MOSTLY INTO LOOSE CLUMPS ORIENTED FROM WEST NORTHWEST TO EAST SOUTHEAST. THE WEST TIP OF A LARGE STRATUS OVERCAST EXTENDED ACROSS 140W ALONG 20N TO NEAR 144W. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 8000 FEET...AND MOVED TOWARD THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...THOUGH CLOSE TO THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND...THEY TURNED AROUND TOWARD THE NORTHWEST... NORTH...AND THEN THE NORTHEAST. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS OVER LOWER TO MIDDLE WEST SLOPES OF OAHU...LANAI...MAUI...AND THE BIG ISLAND. HOWEVER...A FEW MARINE CUMULI AND STRATOCUMULI ALSO MOVED ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING EAST...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME EAST MAUI...AND MIDDLE SLOPES OF SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 5000 TO 6000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST. $$ RYSHKO +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.