From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Sep 18 08:30:38 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 o8I0UbjM001848 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:30:38 +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 o8HKE7ik023157; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3453225 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:20 -0500 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8I0UJdA028695 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8I0UDAZ004366 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 27570108B0001; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:13 -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=60 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009170172 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100918003013.27570108B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:13 -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 561 ATHW40 PHFO 180030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT SEP 18 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC SEPTEMBER 18 2010 HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 400 MILES NORTH OF THE STATE IS 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 STRATOCUMULUS WITH PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS 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 28N PRODUCING THE CLEARER SKIES. KAUAI HAS MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE ENTIRE ISLAND. OAHU/S WINDWARD SLOPES AND COAST HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WHILE THE LEEWARD AREAS ARE MOSTLY CLEAR. MAUI COUNTY IS MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A FEW WINDWARD CLOUDS CLINGING TO THE MOUNTAINS. THE BIG ISLAND IS MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE WINDWARD LOWER SLOPES...KAU DISTRICT...AND THE LOWER LEEWARD SLOPES. THE REST OF THE BIG ISLAND HAS CLEAR SKIES. 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 FEATURE NEAR 11N 144W. 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.