From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 9 20:46:02 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 o99Ck0sM027827 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 20:46:01 +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 o99526cG002759; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:45:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3813593 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:45:43 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o99CjgeO006799 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:45:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o99Cjamo010539 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:45:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 265EE40501A0; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:45:36 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101009124536.265EE40501A0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:45:36 -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 502 ATHW40 PHFO 091245 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1240 UTC SAT OCT 09 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 09 2010 THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WATERS SURROUNDING THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THIS INCLUDED THE WATERS OFF THE KONA COAST. WEATHER RADAR IS PICKING MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS WITH THESE CLOUDS. BUT THERE ARE MORE PRONOUNCED ONES AS WELL...LOCATED OVER THE WATERS SOUTH OAHU AND KAUAI AND WEST OF NIIHAU. THESE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ARE MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. OVER LAND...LOCALLY BROKEN CLOUD COVERAGE IS FOUND OVER THE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN SECTIONS OF ALL ISLANDS...WHILE THE LEEWARD AREAS...INCLUDING THE KONA SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND...IS CLEAR TO SCATTERED. MORE SHOWERS ARE PRESENT UPWIND OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI. ELSEWHERE...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A FRONTAL BAND 550 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI. THE BAND CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH AT AROUND 17 MPH. THE HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS BETWEEN KAUAI AND THE DATELINE HAS THINNED AND RETREATED WESTWARD. A LOW LEVEL VORTEX ABOUT 1200 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI...NEAR 18N178W...IS HARDER TO LOCATED NOW THAT THE DEEPER CONVECTION HAS DISSIPATED. THE LARGE SHOWER AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST WHILE PASSING SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS AREA IS NOW NEARLY DIRECTLY SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT BIG ISLAND. A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SHOWER AREA IS THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE /ITCZ/...WITH THE COORDINATES OF 9.5N140W...9.5N160W...11.5N170W AND 08N177W. THE ITCZ REMAINS ACTIVE WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE ZONE BUT CONCENTRATED BETWEEN 157W AND 143W. $$ 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.