From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 6 20:37:34 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 o96CbX6k006960 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 20:37:34 +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 o95LboDf025335; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3765377 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:39 -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 o96CacBG012822 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:38 -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 o96CaW7T000245 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:38 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 09D0B405016A; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:31 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101006123632.09D0B405016A@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:31 -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 628 ATHW40 PHFO 061236 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED OCT 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 06 2010 A CYCLONICALLY-CURVED BAND OF BROKEN SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS...COMPLETE WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...HAS PASSED SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON ITS WAY WESTWARD THIS MORNING. COVERING SKIES SOUTH OF 20N...WEST OF 160W AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 17N160W TO 20N166W...THIS CLOUD AREA MARKS A WEAK LOW LEVEL TROUGH WITH AN AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH 19N165W AND 15N163W. MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST IS 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 40N141W TO 32N150W TO 31N154W. THE BAND EXTENDS FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST AS A BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUD BAND WITH THE SAME WIDTH NORTH OF A LINE FROM 31N154W TO 30N160W TO 26N180W. THIS CLOUD BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR 40N...BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY SOUTH OF 30N. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS CLOUD BAND IS ABOUT 510 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. SCATTERED CB EMBEDDED WITHIN OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS COVER SKIES WEST OF 168W BETWEEN 05N AND 11N. MORE ISOLATED CB AND BROKEN LOW CLOUDS FORM A 90 MILE WIDE ARC FROM 05N140W TO 11N147W TO 07N160W TO 07N168W. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE EASTERN THIRDS OF KAUAI AND OAHU AS WELL AS THE EASTERN TIP OF MOLOKAI. CENTRAL LANAI APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN LOW CLOUDS AS WELL. SCATTERED TO PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD HALEAKALA SLOPES ON MAUI AS WELL AS WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD HALEAKALA SLOPES SOUTH OF LAUPAHOEHOE...WITH LINGERING SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUD ACROSS SOUTH-FACING PUNA AND KAU SLOPES. THE KONA SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND APPEARS TO HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS LOW CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 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.