From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 3 02:43:12 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 o92IhBFt011851 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 02:43:11 +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 o928qvaQ017597; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:42:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3707675 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:42:58 -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 o92IgvGd012922 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:42:57 -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 o92IgpR2002026 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:42:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4C0DB4050032; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:42:51 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101002184251.4C0DB4050032@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:42:51 -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 830 ATHW40 PHFO 021842 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT OCT 02 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 02 2010 AN AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS COVERS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM MOLOKAI EASTWARD AND SEEMS POISED TO SPREAD WEST TO OAHU WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THIS PATCHY CLOUD AREA IS ABOUT 100 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDS EAST TO WEST ALONG 20N BETWEEN 153W AND 167W. RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE SHOWERS WITHIN THIS CLOUD AREA...FOCUSED ON WATERS SOUTH OF OAHU AND KAUAI AS WELL AS UPWIND FROM MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THESE SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. KAUAI HAS SCATTERED TO PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS ITS EASTERN HALF. OAHU HAS A MIX OF SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS. IN CONTRAST...MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ACROSS ALL BUT ITS NORTHERN SHORELINE. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD AND SOUTH-FACING HALEAKALA SLOPES ON MAUI AS WELL AS ALL WINDWARD WEST SLOPES. OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER ALL WINDWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES...WRAPPING SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH-FACING PUNA AND KAU SLOPES. KONA SLOPES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR NORTH OF MILOLII AND SOUTH OF KAWAIHAE. A RATHER CHAOTIC LOW CLOUD PATTERN IS NOTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC OUTSIDE LOCAL HAWAIIAN WATERS. BROKEN STABLE LOW CLOUDS COVER SKIES EAST OF 148W BETWEEN 11N AND 27N...WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS PERSISTS FROM 17N TO 22N BETWEEN 161W AND 166W. PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS LIE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30N150W TO 23N165W AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 34N150W TO 28N169W. A MISHMASH OF PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVERS SKIES WEST OF 170W BETWEEN 18N AND 32N. WHILE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS GENERALLY FROM EAST TO WEST SOUTH OF 30N... A TROUGH IS NOTED ALONG A LINE FROM 23N164W TO 15N160W...WITH ANOTHER ONE NOTED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM 25N155W TO 19N153W. LOW CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS AND BETWEEN 161W AND 166W ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TROUGHS. FAR TO THE SOUTH...ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...MARK THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM 09N TO 13N W OF 150W. ADDITIONAL CB ARE NOTED FROM 23N TO 28N WEST OF 175W. $$ 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.