From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 2 13:01:40 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 o9251c7H002396 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:01:39 +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 o91Ao53I011268; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 00:01:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3703740 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 00:00:51 -0500 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9250Grl016380 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 00:00:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o92509W2027302 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 00:00:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id B19A54050032; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 00:00:09 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101002050009.B19A54050032@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 00:00:09 -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 753 ATHW40 PHFO 020500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC SAT OCT 02 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC OCTOBER 02 2010 A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH HAS BEGUN TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS TOWARD THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...THOUGH PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS LINGER BELOW 10 THOUSAND FEET ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE KAUAI CHANNEL TO THE BIG ISLAND THIS EARLY EVENING. THIS CLOUDINESS EXTENDS JUST NORTH OF THE ISLES FROM OAHU TO THE BIG ISLAND...JUST TO THE WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF MAUI COUNTY...OAHU...AND KAUAI. SHOWERS REMAIN EMBEDDED WITHIN SOME OF THE LOW CLOUDS. ON THE OTHER HAND...CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXIST WEST CLOCKWISE THROUGH NORTHEAST OF KAUAI...AND SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. MORE CLEAR TO SCATTERED CONDITIONS ARE EVIDENT IN THE AREA FROM 19N TO 20.5N BETWEEN 157W AND 160W. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT STATEWIDE IS FROM THE EAST TO EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN FROM EAST TO WEST. ANOTHER SURFACE TROUGH IS NEARLY STATIONARY EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS WITH THE FEATURE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED WITHIN 125 MILES EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 30N144W TO 25.5N150.5W TO 20.5N152.5W. ELSEWHERE...A FRONT THAT HAD BEEN ABOUT 280 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI EARLIER IN THE DAY HAS DISSIPATED. REMNANT MOISTURE FROM THE OLD SYSTEM IS HEADING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND IS REMAINING FAR NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. ALOFT ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET...THE AXIS OF A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED TROUGH HAS MOVED OVER THE BIG ISLAND AND IS NOW ALONG A LINE FROM 23N154W TO 19N156W TO 14N156W. THE TROUGH HAS DRIFTED TOWARD THE WEST OVER THE PAST 12 TO 18 HOURS. TO THE WEST OF THE STATE...A NEARLY STATIONARY RIDGE IS ALONG A LINE FROM 20N168W TO 25N170W TO 28N173W. UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS NOW FOUND FROM 09N TO 13.5N BETWEEN 147W AND 168W...AND FROM 04N TO 11N WEST OF 168W. $$ 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.