From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Sep 26 20:52:43 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 o8QCqfqY021625 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:52:42 +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 o8QCDgAP019148; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:52:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3594781 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:52:21 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8QCqLNh028269 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:52:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8QCqEBS018663 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:52:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4AD8B108B0001; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:52:13 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 2 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=2 spamscore=2 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009260054 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: * Message-ID: <20100926125214.4AD8B108B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:52:13 -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 082 ATHW40 PHFO 261251 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SUN SEP 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 26 2010 SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE HAS BEEN PUSHED SOUTH OVER THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS SUCH THAT THE WESTERN LIMB OF THE RIDGE LIES JUST EAST OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLAND CHAIN THIS MORNING. FLOW AT LOW CLOUD LEVEL IS SLUGGISH ACROSS THE ISLANDS...MAINLY TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 MPH OR LESS. SKIES ACROSS THE LEEWARD HALF OF KAUAI AND ALL OF OAHU ARE CLEAR OR HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS...WITH SCATTERED TO PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS NOTED ACROSS THE WINDWARD HALF OF KAUAI. MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS ITS EASTERN THIRD. MAUI AND LANAI APPEAR TO HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS DOT SKIES ACROSS WINDWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES SOUTH OF LAUPAHOEHOE...WRAPPING SOUTHWEST ALONG PUNA SLOPES TOWARD VOLCANO. THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND HAVE CLEARED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE LAST EVENING...WITH SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES NOTED. THE BIG ISLAND PLUME EXTENDS WEST FROM A POINT JUST OFFSHORE FROM MILOLII. A RAGGED 120 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXTENDS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35N140W TO 30N150W TO 23N165W TO 26N173W. MARKING AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THIS CLOUD BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SLOWLY NEAR 140W BUT IS NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. BROKEN STABLE LOW CLOUDS LIE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 16N140W TO 15N152W TO JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 28N140W TO 24N151W TO JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. ELEMENTS OF THIS CLOUD AREA BREAK AWAY FROM TIME TO TIME AND AFFECT WINDWARD PORTIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...THEN SLIP WEST OF THE ISLAND CHAIN WITHIN THE BIG ISLAND PLUME. TO THE SOUTH...BROKEN LAYERED CLOUDS AND ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...LIE WITHIN A RAGGED 120 MILE WIDE BAND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 05N140W TO 03N165W TO 06N175W TO 10N180W. A WEAK TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NEAR 10N171W HAS ISOLATED CB WITHIN 90 MILES NORTH THROUGH WEST OF CENTER. THIS DISTURBANCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. $$ 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.