From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Sep 29 02:38:57 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 o8SIcuif004444 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:38:57 +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 o8S512Rs025335; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3638588 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:44 -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 o8SIcibD020641 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:44 -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 o8SIcbCi025487 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 519C54050030; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:37 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20100928183837.519C54050030@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:37 -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 376 ATHW40 PHFO 281838 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC TUE SEP 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC SEPTEMBER 28 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED NEAR 23N171W...MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS SAGGING SOUTH ALONG 150W FROM 24N TO NORTH OF 30N. A SOUTHERLY UPPER LEVEL JET IS POSITIONED EAST OF THE FIRST TROUGH AND IS BRINGING HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE TROPICS BETWEEN 160W AND 165W SOUTH OF 22N. ALL OF THESE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES ARE AFFECTING THE LOWER LEVEL CLOUD FEATURES AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION ALONG 25N. THE MOST ACTIVE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ARE LOCATED ON THE FAR WEST END OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS UP TO 40000 FEET HAVE DEVELOPED WEST OF 170W BETWEEN 25N AND 21N. THE REST OF THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND THAT STRETCHES FROM 26N170W TO 25N160W TO 25N150W TO 30N144W...IS ABOUT 200 MILES WIDE COMPOSED OF LOW TOPPED CUMULUS LOCALLY UP AS HIGH AS 12000 TO 14000 FEET. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY...CURRENTLY LOCATED AROUND 180 MILES NORTH OF OAHU...IS MOVING SOUTH NEAR 10 MPH. SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE AREA SOUTH OF 13N ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG 09N-10N. HIGHEST CLOUD TOPS ARE 50000 FEET. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SKIES ARE MAINLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR A BROKEN LOW CLOUD DECK OVER SOUTH POINT OF THE BIG ISLAND. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE COASTAL WATERS. LOCALLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN 10 TO 30 MILES EAST OF THE PUNA COASTLINE OF THE BIG ISLAND AND UP TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE KONA COASTLINE OF THE BIG ISLAND. $$ 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.