From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Sep 28 20:25:55 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 o8SCPrjE001786 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:25:54 +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 o8S512gL025335; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:25:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3630580 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:25:31 -0500 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8SCPUOo000039 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:25:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8SCPO6O004278 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:25:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3175B4050030; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:25:24 -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=55 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009280060 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100928122524.3175B4050030@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:25:24 -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 900 ATHW40 PHFO 281224 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC TUE SEP 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 28 2010 THE MOST NOTICEABLE CLOUD FEATURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC REMAINS A 200 TO 300 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 34N140W TO 30N143W. THIS BAND EXTENDS FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST AS A BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS NORTH OF A LINE THROUGH 26N147W...24N155W...25N170W AND 22N176W. MARKING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THIS CLOUD BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SLOWLY EAST OF 150W...AND DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH ALONG THAT PORTION WEST OF 150W. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CLOUD BAND IS ABOUT 120 MILES NORTH OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS RATHER SLUGGISH EAST TO WEST FLOW ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF LOW CLOUDS OVER LOCAL WATERS. CLOUD COVER HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED ACROSS THE ISLANDS AS WELL SINCE LAST EVENING...WITH SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES NOTED ALMOST EVERYWHERE. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST BROKEN LOW CLOUDS LINGER IN PLACES ALONG THE KONA SHORELINE OF THE BIG ISLAND...BUT SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW VERY LITTLE CLOUD COVER THERE. TO THE SOUTH...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...COVER SKIES WITHIN A 180 MILE WIDE BAND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 08N140W TO 08N160W...AND FROM 05N171W TO 03N180W. BROKEN LAYERED CLOUDS FORM A BROADER AREA BETWEEN 160W AND 171W...EXTENDING NORTH TO 20N BETWEEN 163W AND 167W. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LOW CENTERED NEAR 20N168W...ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. IT IS THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALONG THE EASTERN FLANK OF THIS UPPER LOW THAT IS PUSHING BROKEN LAYERED CLOUDS AS FAR NORTH AS 20N BETWEEN 163W AND 167W. BREAKAWAY HIGH CLOUD ELEMENTS GET PUSHED OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS WELL FROM TIME TO TIME. $$ 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.