From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Sep 30 02:00:39 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 o8TI0bLH002659 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:00:38 +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 o8SB0Ktt023486; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3659429 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:18 -0500 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8TI0I6G020255 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8TI0BUW000901 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 445294050031; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:11 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20100929180011.445294050031@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:11 -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 534 ATHW40 PHFO 291800 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1800 UTC WED SEP 29 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1730 UTC SEPTEMBER 29 2010 SKIES ARE CLEAR TO OCCASIONALLY PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS MORNING. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH STATEWIDE. A WEAKENING FRONT...WITH SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDINESS AND WHICH APPEARS NEARLY STATIONARY...LIES JUST NORTH OF THE ISLANDS AT THE MOMENT. SOME OF THE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY ARE JUST NORTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH EAST OF KAUAI...NORTH AND EAST OF OAHU...AND NORTH OF MAUI COUNTY. MORE CONCENTRATED CLOUDINESS WITH THE FRONT EXTENDS FAR NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST FROM THE STATE. PLUME CLOUDS ARE GENERATING LOW CEILINGS FROM TIME TO TIME IMMEDIATELY WEST OF KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND. CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED ELSEWHERE OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. IN THE UPPER AIR ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET...A LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 1050 MILES WEST OF KAUAI AND HAS BEEN HEADING TOWARD THE WEST OR NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LOW IS MAINLY LOCATED FROM 21.5N TO 27N BETWEEN 174.5W AND 178E. SOUTH OF THE LOW...MORE INSTABILITY ALOFT IS HELPING TO IGNITE CONVECTION FROM 09N TO 15N BETWEEN 172W AND THE DATE LINE AT 180. UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS FOUND FROM 09N TO 14N BETWEEN 133W AND 143W...AND FROM 07N TO 12N BETWEEN 153W AND 163W. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.