From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 10 20:37:44 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 o9ACbgT6025419 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:37:43 +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 o99526PL002759; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3821573 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:23 -0500 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9ACbNPb008185 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9ACbGBE028399 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5B27B40501A0; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:16 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101010123716.5B27B40501A0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:16 -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 817 ATHW40 PHFO 101237 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SUN OCT 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 10 2010 SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A CLUMP OF PATCHY...SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH OAHU MOLOKAI AND THEIR SURROUNDING WATERS. THE WEATHER RADAR IS DETECTING SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH THIS AREA... AFFECTING MAINLY THE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN SECTIONS. A FEW RAIN DROPS HAVE REACHED PARTS OF HONOLULU. KAUAI IS MOMENTARILY IN THE CLEAR. MAUI AND LANAI ARE MOMENTARILY IN THE CLEAR AS WELL...AND WILL BE EXPERIENCING INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS A BLOB OF LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS CLOSES IN FROM THE EAST. THIS AREA OF WEATHER WAS 100 MILES EAST OF CAPE KUMUKAHI BIG ISLAND AT SUNSET. ITS ARRIVAL HAS BROUGHT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TO WINDWARD BIG ISLAND IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. IT IS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SHOWER AREA LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA MENTIONED ABOVE IS APPROACHING THE BIG ISLAND AT 20 MPH. THIS AREA HAD ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS EARLIER THAT HAVE SINCE DISSIPATED. THIS SHOWER AREA HAS A LENGTH OF 350 MILES. ELSEWHERE...THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BAND ABOUT 450 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI CONTINUES TO FALL APART. THE DEEP CONVECTION AROUND THE DATELINE BETWEEN 23N AND 20N FROM 177W TO 177E IS WEAKENING. HOWEVER...NEW...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP TO THE NORTH NEAR MIDWAY ATOLL LOCATED AT 28.2N177.4W. IN THE TROPICS SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...THE AXIS OF THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE /ITCZ/ RUNS FROM 08N140W TO 07.8N153W TO 11N170W TO 11N180E. MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED WITHIN 150 MILES NORTH OF THE ITCZ EAST OF 143W AND WITHIN 200 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE ITCZ WEST OF 162W. $$ 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.