From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Sep 23 08:30:54 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 o8N0Ur3Z032408 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:30:54 +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 o8MHAcpN028356; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3542878 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:30:22 -0500 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8N0UMIx015840 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8N0UFiK003421 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 55951405001E; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:30:15 -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-1009220238 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100923003015.55951405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:30:15 -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 809 ATHW40 PHFO 230030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC THU SEP 23 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC SEPTEMBER 23 2010 AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LIES AN EAST WEST ORIENTED BAND OF SHOWERY CLOUDS THAT IS PROVIDING THE VAST MAJORITY OF CLOUDS COVERAGE OVER THE ISLANDS THEMSELVES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS BAND IS OVER KAUAI WITH THE WEST EDGE EXTENDING FAR TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF CLOUDS IS PRESENTLY OVER KAUAI AND THE KAUAI CHANNEL. THIS BAND OF CLOUDS HAS BECOME LESS ORGANIZED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. OVER KAUAI LOW CLOUDS ARE COVERING MOST EASTERN AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND WITH A FEW BREAKS OVER LEEWARD SECTIONS. OVER OAHU LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF BOTH THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE MOUNTAIN RANGES WITH SOME CLOUDS BEING BLOWN OVER LEEWARD AREAS AT TIMES. OVER MOLOKAI LOW CLOUDS ARE COVERING EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND WHILE OVER LANAI PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE COVERING INTERIOR SECTIONS. OVER MAUI LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA AS WELL AS OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. OVER THE BIG ISLAND LOW CLOUD ARE BANKED UP OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES FROM NORTH KOHALA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. ALSO DAYTIME HEATING HAS CAUSED LOW CLOUDS TO BUILD UP OVER THE KONA AND KAU SLOPES WITH SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS SEEN OVER THE LEEWARD KOHALA SLOPES. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED ABOUT 390 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT ON THE BIG ISLAND. THE LOW LEVEL CENTER LIES ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE DEEPEST CONVECTION. CLOUD MOVEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM ALSO INDICATE THAT THERE MAY BE A MID LEVEL CIRCULATION DISPLACED ABOUT 120 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF THE LOW LEVEL CENTER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PULSING IN THIS AREA TODAY BUT IS LESS ORGANIZED THAN EARLIER. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS LOW. THIS IS DRAWING UP SOME THIN HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM THE TOPS OF THE DEEP CONVECTION. THIS LOW IS MOVING WEST AT AROUND 10 MPH. ELSEWHERE IN THE DEEP TROPICS ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION LIES ALONG THE ITCZ WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION IN AN AREA FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 143W AND 170W. INDIVIDUAL CLOUD CLUSTERS ARE MOVING OFF TOWARD THE WEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. $$ BURKE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.