From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Sep 25 02:29:40 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 o8OITcZR006031 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:29:39 +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 o8OE1cL9028356; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3573911 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:26 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8OITQ9e027983 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8OITJ6s019875 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 79C8D108B0001; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:19 -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-1009240133 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100924182919.79C8D108B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:19 -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 065 ATHW40 PHFO 241829 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC FRI SEP 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 24 2010 PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING WEST ACROSS KAUAI AND ACROSS WINDWARD SECTIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...AS WELL AS ACROSS WINDWARD WATERS ADJACENT TO THOSE ISLANDS. SKIES ARE GENERALLY SCATTERED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE PATCH OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS KAUAI AFFECTS ITS EASTERN TWO-THIRDS. THE EASTERN TIP OF MAUI HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WHILE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND HAVE BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS FROM HILO NORTHWARD. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXTENDS ROUGHLY THROUGH 30N140W...26N160W AND 26N170W. TRADE FLOW ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE RIDGE IS RATHER SLUGGISH WEST OF 150W...WITH LOW CLOUDS MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. FARTHER TO THE NORTH...A 90 TO 150 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS EXTENDS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 43N140W TO 36N150W TO 34N160W TO 32N170W TO 33N180W. MARKING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THIS CLOUD BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG 40N. MOVEMENT IS MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH AT 10 MPH OR LESS WEST OF 160W. TO THE SOUTH...ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...MARK THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WITHIN A 120 MILE WIDE ARC FROM 08N140W TO 09N160W TO 12N170W TO 08N180W. A WEAK TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NEAR 13.5N161.2W IS MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. A SINGLE CB LIES JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ POWELL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.