From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 6 13:42:52 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 o965gpke002044 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:42:51 +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 o95Lbo48025335; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:42:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3762941 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:42:28 -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 o965gP1w011694 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:42:25 -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 o965gJV9024941 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:42:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6F2AB405016C; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:42:19 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101006054219.6F2AB405016C@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:42:19 -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 554 ATHW40 PHFO 060542 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED OCT 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 06 2010 BROKEN SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING WESTWARD TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS EVENING. THESE CLOUDS ARE ARRANGED WITHIN A CYCLONICALLY CURVED SWATH MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KAUAI TO 15N154W AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 17N164W TO 15N156W. WHILE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS A LOW LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS THROUGH 20N162W AND 16N160W...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW LITTLE OR NO CYCLONIC CURVATURE IN THE WIND FIELD. ONE OR TWO CUMULONIMBUS...CB...POP UP WITHIN THIS AREA FROM TIME TO TIME...ALL MORE THAN 150 MILES FROM THE ISLANDS. THE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THE LARGEST NOTICEABLE CLOUD FEATURE IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS FORM A 180 MILE WIDE BAND NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40N144W TO 34N150W TO 32N155W. THE BAND EXTENDS FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST AS A BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUD BAND WITH THE SAME WIDTH NORTH OF A LINE FROM 32N155W TO 30N160W TO 26N180W. THIS CLOUD BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ALMOST 40 MPH NEAR 40N...BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY SOUTH OF 30N. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS CLOUD BAND IS ABOUT 540 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. SCATTERED CB EMBEDDED WITHIN OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS COVER SKIES WEST OF 162W BETWEEN 05N AND 11N. MORE ISOLATED CB AND BROKEN LOW CLOUDS FORM A 90 MILE WIDE ARC FROM 05N140W TO 11N147W TO 08N162W. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI AND WINDWARD KOOLAU SLOPES ON OAHU. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF MOLOKAI...WHILE LANAI APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY CLEAR. MAUI HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS WINDWARD HALEAKALA SLOPES AS WELL AS WINDWARD WEST SLOPES. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER ALL WINDWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES...WRAPPING SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH PUNA SLOPES. KAU HAS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS...BUT THESE APPEAR TO BE DECREASING. LOCAL HAWAIIAN WATERS EAST OF KAUAI HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS LOW CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS LOCAL WATERS GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. $$ 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.