From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Oct 8 02:35:23 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 o97IZMkh025376 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 02:35:23 +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 o9750aTD026480; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:35:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3789795 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:35:06 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o97IZ66T020037 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:35:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o97IYxgH014599 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:35:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id AECC2108B0001; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:34:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101007183459.AECC2108B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:34:59 -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 201 ATHW40 PHFO 071834 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU OCT 07 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 07 2010 VISIBLE SATELLITE THIS MORNING SHOWS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WITH SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS FORMING ALONG WINDWARD AND MAUKA SIDES. ON KAUAI THESE CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE ISLAND WHILE THE REST OF THE ISLAND IS CLEAR. OAHU HAS BUILDUPS ALONG THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND REST OF THE AREA IS CLEAR. MOLOKAI ONLY HAS A SMALL PATCH OF CLOUDS ON THE FAR EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND. LANAI IS SUNNY THIS MORNING AND MAUI HAS CLOUD BUILDUPS ON THE WINDWARD WEST SIDE ALONG THE HANA HIGHWAY. THE BIG ISLAND IS ALMOST ALL CLEAR THIS MORNING WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS ON THE SOUTHEAST COASTLINE FROM CAPE KUMUKAHI TO SOUTH POINT. SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE WINDWARD AND EASTERN COASTAL WATERS OF THE MAIN ISLANDS. A THICKER PATCH OF BROKEN CLOUDS CURRENTLY STARTS 50 TO 75 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OAHU THROUGH THE BIG ISLAND. MOVEMENT OF THESE CLOUDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE EAST AT 15 MPH. PATCHES OF STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS LIE BETWEEN 40 TO 200 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST OF KAUAI. TWO OTHER BANDS OF CLOUDS ARE LOCATED FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE CLOSEST IS RESULTING FROM A DISSIPATING FRONT AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY A 100 MILE WIDE BAND ALONG AN AXIS FROM 32N149W TO 28N163W TO 24N173W. THE SECOND IS AN ACTIVE COLD FRONT WITH A 125 MILE WIDE BAND OF CLOUDS ALONG AN AXIS FROM 39N149W TO 30N166W TO 29N177E. FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII...UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE ITCZ. THE MAIN BAND RUNS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN BETWEEN 08N AND 11N. A PERSISTENT LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 06N TO 14N AND 173W TO 171E. STORM TOPS WITH ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORM CELLS REACH TO VERTICAL HEIGHTS NEAR 51 KFT. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.