From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Oct 11 02:25:46 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 o9AIPjQi014528 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:25:46 +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 o9ADOAhk002759; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:25:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3824226 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:25:29 -0500 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9AIPSjK026584 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:25:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9AIPMXg026236 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:25:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 106DF40501A0; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:25:21 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101010182522.106DF40501A0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:25:21 -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 808 ATHW40 PHFO 101825 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SUN OCT 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 10 2010 THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST THIS MORNING IS AN AREA OF SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS AFFECTING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. THIS AREA EXTENDS 120 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY...AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 16N 150W. TRACKING DATA FROM NESDIS INDICATED THAT THE AREA WAS MOVING WESTWARD AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. SOME OF THE CLOUD TOPS WERE UP TO 10000 FT AND RADAR DATA SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. THE PORTION OF THE SHOWER AREA BETWEEN 150 AND 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND HAD TALLER CLOUDS WITH TOPS UP TO AROUND 13000 FT. NORTHEAST OF THE SHOWER AREA WAS A 70 MILE WIDE BAND OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS. VISIBLE IMAGES SHOWED KAUAI UNDER SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS. A SIMILAR COVERAGE OF LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVERED THE KOOLAU RANGE ON OAHU WHILE THE REST OF THE ISLAND WAS UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. WEST MOLOKAI AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND UPCOUNTRY MAUI WERE ALSO MOSTLY SUNNY. WINDWARD WEST MAUI AND WINDWARD HALEAKALA FROM HAIKU TO KIPAHULU HAD BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUD COVER. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVERED THE WINDWARD SLOPES FROM LOWER PUNA TO HAWI IN KOHALA. PATCHY BROKEN CLOUDS WERE ALSO IN THE HUMUULA SADDLE REGION. THE REST OF THE BIG ISLAND APPEARED TO BE UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOWED A WEAK AND POORLY DEFINED UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED NEAR 21N 145W. A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE LOW TO ABOUT 10N 152W. ALTHOUGH LIMITED IN DEEP CONVECTION...THE TROUGH HAD QUITE A BIT OF HIGH CLOUDS WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST CIRRUS COVERAGE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20N 140W TO 12N 152W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ITCZ...STRADDLES 10N WITH MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION WEST OF 162W. THERE WAS VERY LIMITED AMOUNTS OF DEEP CONVECTION WITHIN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 140W AND 162W. $$ KODAMA +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.