From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Oct 4 02:33:18 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 o93IXGsM013776 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 02:33:17 +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 o93B01vA003415; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:32:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3717989 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:32:54 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o93IWsnE002301 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:32:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o93IWl6N008897 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:32:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 80D92405012A; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:32:47 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101003183247.80D92405012A@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:32:47 -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 734 ATHW40 PHFO 031832 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SUN OCT 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 03 2010 SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...ALONG AN AXIS FROM 21N151W TO 16N150W. ANOTHER SURFACE TROUGH LIES WEST OF THE ISLANDS ALONG AN AXIS FROM 23N171W TO 16N167W. THESE FEATURES ARE EASILY SEEN GIVEN THE BROKEN STABLE LOW CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC NORTH OF A LINE FROM 13N140W TO 16N170W...AND SOUTH OF 30N. WATER VAPOR LOOP...SHOWING FEATURES MAINLY ABOVE ABOUT 24000 FEET...SHOWS AN UPPER LOW WEST OF THE ISLANDS NEAR 20N165W. ALL OF THESE FEATURES ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE ISLANDS HEAVILY FAVORS WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI AND THE EASTERN THIRDS OF OAHU AND MOLOKAI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM ACROSS MAUKA SECTIONS OF LANAI. MAUI HAS OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ACROSS WINDWARD HALEAKALA SLOPES AS WELL AS ACROSS WINDWARD WEST MOUNTAIN SLOPES. OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES FROM SOUTH OF LAUPAHOEHOE...WRAPPING SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH-FACING PUNA SLOPES. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER KAU SLOPES...WHILE CLOUD COVER IS BEGINNING TO INCREASE ACROSS WINDWARD KOHALA SLOPES AND KONA SLOPES FROM MILOLII TO CAPTAIN COOK. WATERS UPWIND FROM MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND HAVE OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS...WITH BROKEN LOW CLOUDS NOTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS WINDWARD WATERS. EXCEPT FOR THE BIG ISLAND PLUME EXTENDING WEST FROM THE SOUTH KONA SHORELINE...LEEWARD WATERS HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES. SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS...ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS ARE FLARING NORTH OF 08N AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 08N150W TO 12N153W TO 08N165W. $$ 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.