From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 9 02:30:39 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 o98IUbMr023162 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 02:30:38 +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 o98HKqoi026480; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3804471 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o98IUMUL023301 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o98IUE11005983 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9B6014050175; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:30:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101008183014.9B6014050175@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:30:14 -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 697 ATHW40 PHFO 081830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC FRI OCT 08 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 08 2010 VISIBLE SATELLITE THIS MORNING SHOWS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WITH SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS FORMING ALONG WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS. ON KAUAI THESE CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE ISLAND WHILE THE REST OF THE ISLAND IS SUNNY. OAHU HAS BUILD UPS ALONG THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS WHILE THE REST OF THE AREA IS SUNNY. MOLOKAI HAS A SMALL PATCH OF CLOUDS ON THE FAR EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND. LANAI IS SUNNY THIS MORNING AND MAUI ONLY HAS A FEW CLOUDS AROUND HANA. THE BIG ISLAND IS ALMOST ALL CLEAR THIS MORNING WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS ON THE SOUTHERN KONA COAST. FEW TO SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE WINDWARD AND EASTERN COASTAL WATERS OF THE MAIN ISLANDS. MOVEMENT OF THESE CLOUDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. A THICK PATCH OF BROKEN STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS CURRENTLY STARTS 50 TO 75 MILES OFF THE LEEWARD COASTS. A 75 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS BEGINS AROUND 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A WEAK FRONT IS 270 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND IS SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. MOST OF THE BROKEN TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED LOW STRATUS CLOUDS WITH THE BOUNDARY ARE WITHIN 75 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 32N144W TO 26N161W TO 25N179E. ANOTHER FRONT IS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE FIRST SYSTEM...AND HAS BEEN HEADING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH NEAR 10 MPH. AT THE MOMENT...MOST OF THE BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE WITHIN 80 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 34N147W TO 28N165W TO 27N177W. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM UPPER LEVEL WINDS BLOWING TOPS OFF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE DATELINE COVER AN AREA BOUNDED BETWEEN 13N TO 25N AND 165W TO 180. UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT IN THE ITCZ FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS CONCENTRATED BETWEEN 07N TO 12N ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. TOPS ON SOME OF THE STORM CELLS REACH TO 51 KFT IN HEIGHT. $$ 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.