From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Sep 28 02:38:15 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 o8RIcDMu017135 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:38:14 +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 o8R50mrl017597; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3616204 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:54 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8RIbsJJ017255 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8RIblbA024806 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5180D405001E; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:47 -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-1009270156 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100927183747.5180D405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:47 -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 939 ATHW40 PHFO 271837 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC MON SEP 27 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 27 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED NEAR 20N165W OR 400 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. AN UPPER LEVEL JET ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE TROUGH IS LIFTING HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE NORTH FROM THE TROPICS ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF 20N BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND 150W. AN UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EAST. A LARGE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND STRETCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. THE 200 MILE WIDE CLOUD BAND STRETCHES FROM 30N153W TO 27N160W TO 25N170W TO 27N180...CROSSING THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BETWEEN FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS AND LISIANSKI. THE CLOUDS WITH THIS BAND ARE MAINLY LOW TOPPED CUMULUS WITH HIGHEST TOPS NEAR 12000 FEET. ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF THE MAIN CLOUD BAND THERE IS ANOTHER NARROWER CLOUD BAND WHICH EVENTUALLY MERGES WITH THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND NEAR 30N. NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BAND...BROKEN COLD AIR CUMULUS COVERS THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND EMBEDDED IN BROKEN CLOUD LAYERS ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE SOUTH OF 13N BETWEEN 150W AND 170W. HIGHEST CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 50000 FEET. OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SKIES ARE MAINLY CLEAR. ONLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER EASTERN PUNA DISTRICT AND COAST ON THE BIG ISLAND...THE HANA COAST OF EASTERN MAUI...AND ALONG THE WINDWARD COAST OF OAHU AND KAUAI. MORE LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS AND IN A LARGE PLUME OF CLOUDS LOCATED ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND AND 80 MILES SOUTH OF OAHU. CLOUD MOTIONS WERE TO THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.