From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 9 08:33:24 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 o990XNLe020676 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 08:33:24 +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 o98HKqCG026480; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:33:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3807958 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:33:09 -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 o990X9In018454 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:33:09 -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 o990X3L0018499 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:33:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id EDD584050175; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:33:02 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101009003302.EDD584050175@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:33:02 -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 829 ATHW40 PHFO 090032 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT OCT 09 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 09 2010 VISIBLE SATELLITE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A BIT OF AFTERNOON CLOUD BUILD UPS ON THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CONCENTRATED MOSTLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN RANGES. ON KAUAI...BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER THE INTERIOR AREA WHILE MOST COASTAL AREAS HAVE SUNNY SKIES. OAHU HAS CLOUDS OVER THE WAIANAE AND KOOLAU RANGES AND THE INTERIOR AND NORTH AND SOUTH SHORES ARE SUNNY. MOLOKAI HAS A THIN LINE OF CUMULUS CLOUDS STRUNG ALONG THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND EAST TO WEST. LANAI HAS SCATTERED CLOUDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ISLAND WHILE THE NORTHERN PART IS SUNNY. WEST MAUI HAS CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HALEAKALA ALONG THE LOWER SLOPES TO 7 KFT IN ELEVATION. THE BIG ISLAND HAS BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER MOST OF THE LOWER SLOPES ALSO UP TO 7 KFT IN ELEVATION AND CLEAR ABOVE THAT. A FEW LARGER BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE SEEN IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS. A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED ACROSS THE WINDWARD WATERS AND SEVERAL PLUME CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED 50 TO 200 MILES LEEWARD OF THE BIG ISLAND. SHOWERS OVER THE STATE ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SEVERAL BANDS OF STRATUS CLOUDS PERSIST FROM REMNANTS OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES. THESE CLOUD BANDS ARE BETWEEN 300 TO 700 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM UPPER LEVEL WINDS BLOWING TOPS OFF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF THE DATELINE COVER AN AREA BOUNDED BETWEEN 17N TO 27N AND 166W 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.