From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Oct 8 08:33:39 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 o980Xb34014328 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 08:33:38 +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 o97KN90s026480; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:33:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3795337 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:33:20 -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 o980XJ3u022687 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:33:19 -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 o980XDat006096 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:33:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 68B164050175; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:33:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101008003312.68B164050175@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:33:12 -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 221 ATHW40 PHFO 080033 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC FRI OCT 08 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 08 2010 VISIBLE SATELLITE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUD BUILD UPS FORMING OVER THE LAND INTERIORS OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. MUCH OF THESE CLOUDS ARE ANCHORED ACROSS MOUNTAINS. INVERSION HEIGHTS ARE BETWEEN 7 TO 8 KFT SO THE PEAKS ON THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI ARE SUNNY. ON KAUAI CLOUDS HAVE FORMED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND WHILE THE EASTERN HALF IS MOSTLY SUNNY. ON OAHU...CLOUDS ARE FORMED ALONG THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE RANGES WITH BREAKS ALONG THE REST OF THE INTERIOR AND NORTH AND SOUTH SHORES. MOLOKAI AND MAUI HAVE BROKEN CLOUDS OVER THE ENTIRE ISLAND. LANAI HAS CLOUDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ISLAND WITH CLEARING ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE. THE BIG ISLAND HAS BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER MOST OF THE LOWER SLOPES. A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED AROUND UPOLU POINT AND ALONG THE KOHALA COAST. A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING OVER THE HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS AND BEING CARRIED WITH 15 MPH EASTERLY WINDS. A LARGE PATCH OF CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS LIES BETWEEN 40 TO 200 MILES FROM THE LEEWARD COASTS OF OAHU THROUGH THE BIG ISLAND. FURTHER UPSTREAM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE BROKEN CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRADE WINDS...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF 20N AND EAST OF 150W. ELSEWHERE...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 30N152W TO 24N172W. THE SECOND IS A COLD FRONT WITH A 125 MILE WIDE BAND OF CLOUDS ALONG AN AXIS FROM 39N148W TO 30N164W TO 28N177W. FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII...UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE ITCZ. THE MAIN BAND RUNS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN BETWEEN 08N AND 12N. A PERSISTENT LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 07N TO 14N AND 173W TO 172E. STORM TOPS OF THESE THUNDERSTORM CELLS REACH TO VERTICAL HEIGHTS NEAR 52 KFT. CIRRUS CLOUDS ALSO STEM NORTHEASTWARD FROM THIS PARTICULAR STORM CLUSTER EXTENDING AS FAR NORTH AS 19N AND EAST TO 165W. $$ 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.