From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 10 08:24:06 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 o9A0O5JA017596 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:24:06 +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 o99526vm002759; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3817580 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:52 -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 o9A0Nqm5026862 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:52 -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 o9A0NjOk012910 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9744940501A0; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:45 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101010002345.9744940501A0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:45 -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 982 ATHW40 PHFO 100023 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN OCT 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 10 2010 SCATTERED TO LOCALLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EMBEDDED IN MODERATE TRADE WIND FLOW IS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF CLOUD COVERAGE OVER AND AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. OVER KAUAI PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND WHILE SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS ARE NEARLY CLOUD FREE. OVER OAHU PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF BOTH THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE MOUNTAIN RANGES WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS SEEN OVER SELECT LEEWARD LOCATIONS. JUST A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MOLOKAI WHILE JUST A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER INTERIOR LANAI. OVER MAUI PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE PRESENT OVER THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA AS WELL AS OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. OVER THE BIG ISLAND LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES FROM NORTH KOHALA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. LOW CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BUILT UP OVER THE KONA AND KAU SLOPES. A BIT FURTHER UPWIND OF THE BIG ISLAND LIES AN AREA OF SHOWERY LOOKING CLOUDS THAT IS MOVING WESTWARD AT AROUND 20 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF CLOUDS IS PRESENTLY ABOUT 250 MILES TO THE EAST OF CAPE KUMUKAHI. ACTIVE CONVECTION IS PRESENT ALONG THE ITCZ FROM 07N TO 12N BETWEEN 140W AND THE DATELINE. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING OFF TOWARD THE WEST. $$ BURKE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.