From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 3 08:33:50 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 o930XnG1015343 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:33:50 +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 o91KZFED025335; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:33:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3709348 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:33:29 -0500 Received: from relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (relay10.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.10]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o930XTg8002052 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:33:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o930XN5b021893 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:33:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 04DDB405006D; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:33:23 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101003003323.04DDB405006D@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:33:23 -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 557 ATHW40 PHFO 030033 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN OCT 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 03 2010 LOW CLOUD COVER REMAINS SPARSE ACROSS KAUAI AND OAHU THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED TO PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI BUT ONLY WINDWARD KOOLAU SLOPES ON OAHU. CLOUD COVER HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE ISLANDS OF MAUI COUNTY...WITH MOLOKAI AND LANAI NOW BENEATH MAINLY SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS AND BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS LIMITED TO WINDWARD AND SOUTH-FACING HALEAKALA SLOPES ON MAUI. ONLY WINDWARD SLOPES ON WEST MAUI HAVE BROKEN LOW CLOUDS. IN CONTRAST...BIG ISLAND CLOUD COVER HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LEEWARD AREAS. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER ALL WINDWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES...WRAPPING SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH-FACING PUNA AND KAU SLOPES. ALL KONA SLOPES HAVE OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF KAILUA-KONA. THROWN INTO THE MIX IS A PATCH OF BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS PASSING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS ALL OF THE ISLANDS AT THIS HOUR. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS LOW CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THERE IS A SURFACE TROUGH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...CAUSING A BIT OF CYCLONIC TURNING RESULTING IN FLOW TOWARD THE WEST ACROSS WATERS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS THROUGH 23N155W AND 19N154W. A RATHER CHAOTIC LOW CLOUD PATTERN IS NOTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC OUTSIDE LOCAL HAWAIIAN WATERS. PATCHY BROKEN STABLE LOW CLOUDS COVER SKIES EAST OF 149W BETWEEN 11N AND 27N...WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS PERSISTS FROM 17N TO 22N BETWEEN 162W AND 168W. 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 AND NOTED BEFORE. LOW CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS AND BETWEEN 162W AND 168W ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TROUGHS. FAR TO THE SOUTH...ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...MARK THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM 08N TO 13N W OF 151W. 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.