From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 9 13:59:29 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 o995xSpa019090 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 13:59:29 +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 o99526Wt002759; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:59:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3811904 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:59:12 -0500 Received: from relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (relay10.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.10]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o995xAO0007608 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:59:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o995x3dZ006045 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:59:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 926A94050175; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:59:03 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101009055903.926A94050175@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:59:03 -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 042 ATHW40 PHFO 090558 AAA SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE...UPDATED NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0555 UTC SAT OCT 09 2010 UPDATED TO INCLUDE VORTEX BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 09 2010 THE SATELLITE IMAGERY OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AT SUNSET SHOWS A COUPLE OF POOLS OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS LOCATED OVER THE LEEWARD COASTAL WATERS OF KAUAI...THAT IS AFFECTING NIIHAU AS WELL...AND THE WATERS OFF THE WAIANAE COAST OF OAHU. THESE CLOUDS ARE THE EXTENSION FROM INTERIOR KAUAI AND THE WAIANAE DISTRICT OF OAHU RESPECTIVELY. THERE ARE ALSO SOME MINOR...LOCALLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS OF OAHU...THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MOLOKAI AND WINDWARD MAUI. CLEAR TO SCATTERED CLOUDS PREDOMINATES THE WINDWARD WATERS OF KAUAI AND OAHU AND WATERS AROUND MAUI COUNTY. AS FOR THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN COVERAGE CONTINUED OVER THE LOWER SLOPES AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF THAT ISLAND. THE WATERS OFF THE KONA COAST IS MOSTLY CLEAR...HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF VERY LOOSE SHOWER BEARING CLOUDS ADVANCING ON CAPE KUMUKAHI AND THE HAMAKUA COAST. THIS SHOWER AREA IS 200 MILES LONG. THE LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY...A FRONTAL BAND IS LOCATED 660 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. IT IS ADVANCING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE FRONTAL BAND HAS A WIDTH OF 130 MILES. HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS COVERED THE AREA BETWEEN KAUAI AND THE DATELINE. THE CIRRUS APPEARS TO DISSIPATE UPON NEARING KAUAI. A LOW LEVEL VORTEX DENOTED BY A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED AT 17.8N176.7W. IT IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. A RATHER LARGE SHOWER AREA IS PASSING SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND WHICH HAS A LENGTH OF 800 MILES...FROM 150W TO 165W. A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SHOWER AREA IS THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE /ITCZ/. THE AXIS OF THE ITCZ IS FROM 9.5N140W TO 9.5N160W TO 11.5N170W TO 08N177W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 120 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE ITCZ BUT CONCENTRATED EAST OF 160W AND WEST OF 170W. $$ LAU +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.