From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Sep 20 02:30:35 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 o8JIUYT5026494 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:30:34 +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 o8J2ZJSu023157; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3473664 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:30:21 -0500 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8JIULvn012152 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8JIUE5Z002899 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 50C1F405001E; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:30:14 -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=1 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009190104 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100919183014.50C1F405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:30:14 -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 927 ATHW40 PHFO 191830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SUN SEP 19 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 19 2010 HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING AND IS DRIVING MODERATE TO FRESH NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE STATE. THE CENTRAL PART OF THE HIGH IS FAR NORTHWEST OF THE AREA AROUND 35N168W WHILE A WEAKENING SECONDARY RIDGE EXTENDS SOUTH FROM THE HIGH CENTER TO AROUND 29N167W AND MOISTURE FROM A DISSIPATING TROUGH RUNS SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS. INFRARED SATELLITE SHOWS A RAGGED BAND OF BROKEN STRATUS CLOUDS BETWEEN 24N TO 33N AND 147W TO 177W. A FEW CIRRUS CLOUD BANDS ARE ALSO IN THIS AREA DUE TO A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WITH AN AXIS FROM 35N167W TO 25N174E. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...ANOTHER BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS EXTENDS ALONG A 150 MILE WIDE AXIS FROM 18N155W TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS MOISTURE BAND IS FROM A DISSIPATING FRONT WHICH IS GETTING TRAINED TO THE SOUTHWEST BY THE NORTHEAST TRADE WINDS. MUCH OF THIS MOISTURE REACHED THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND BROKEN STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. MOST OF THE SHOWERS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS ON MOLOKAI THROUGH KAUAI. OVER LAND...KAUAI...OAHU...LANAI AND MOLOKAI HAVE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND INTERIORS AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS. MAUI HAS BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ACROSS WINDWARD PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND UP TO 8 KFT IN ELEVATION WHILE LEEWARD SIDES OF MAUI ARE MOSTLY SUNNY. THE BIG ISLAND HAS SOME SMALL PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER THE NORTH KOHALA...HILO AND NEAR SOUTH POINT. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...IN THE ITCZ...MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST FROM 05N TO 11N ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. A DISORGANIZED LOW CENTERED AT 08N17W IS ENHANCING A BIT OF THE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. CLOUD TOPS REACH TO 50 KFT IN THE VERTICAL THROUGHOUT THE ITCZ. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.