From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Sep 28 08:51:49 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 o8S0pmFZ010024 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:51:49 +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 o8RITLm2019148; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:51:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3623711 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:51:25 -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 o8S0pP7x001256 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:51:25 -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 o8S0pIc5016584 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:51:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9754A4050030; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:51:18 -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-1009270253 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100928005118.9754A4050030@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:51:18 -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 367 ATHW40 PHFO 280050 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC TUE SEP 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC SEPTEMBER 28 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED NEAR 20N167W OR 500 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 THE AREA 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...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE COVERING THE BIG ISLAND SLOPES BELOW 9000 FEET AND ACROSS THE COASTS EXCEPT PUNA DISTRICT AND SOUTH POINT WHICH ARE MOSTLY CLEAR. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVERS ALL OF THE INTERIOR OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS...EXCEPT THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS OF OAHU AND THE WINDWARD OAHU COAST...AND THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN KAUAI COAST WHERE SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SURROUNDING THE BIG ISLAND WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ELSEWHERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. CLOUDS ARE MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH IN AREAS FREE OF TERRAIN. $$ 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.