From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Oct 11 20:34:33 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 o9BCYVfU009536 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:34:32 +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 o9B51us4003879; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:34:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3832917 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:34:10 -0500 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9BCYASh028194 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:34:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9BCY4YB020056 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:34:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0C6DF40501A0; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:34:04 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101011123404.0C6DF40501A0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:34:04 -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 381 ATHW40 PHFO 111233 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC MON OCT 11 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 11 2010 THE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT WERE ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS SIX HOURS AGO HAVE MOVED OVER WINDWARD SECTIONS OF THE ISLANDS. THE ONLY ISLAND WITH SCATTERED WINDWARD CLOUDS IS MOLOKAI...AND THAT ISLAND IS FIXING TO SEE MORE CLOUDS IN SHORT ORDER. EVEN SKIES OVER LANAI...OR AT LEAST THAT PART OVER THE AIRPORT...HAVE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS. THE LOW CLOUDS WITH TOPS TO 8000 FEET ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE TRADE WINDS. EXCEPT FOR THE BLOCKING ACTION OF MOUNT HALEAKALA...THE SMALLER ISLAND MOUNTAINS ARE NOT STOPPING THE FAST-MOVING CLOUDS FROM GETTING OVER TO LEEWARD SECTIONS. IN FACT SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE SEEN HUSTLING ACROSS LEE AREAS...EXCEPT WEST OF HALEAKALA WHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR. ON THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE BIG ISLANDS...SOUTH KONA IS COVERED WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS... WHILE SKIES NORTH OF MOUNT HUALALAI AND SOUTH OF MILOLII ARE CLEAR. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXTEND HUNDREDS OF MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS OF THE ISLANDS...EXCEPT FOR THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS SEEN SOUTH OF 18N. HIGH CLOUDS ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF A JETSTREAM THAT RUNS FROM 30N170W SOUTHEASTWARD TO 17N160W AND 11N150W THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO 18N140W AND BEYOND. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE BEING BLOWN OFF THE ANVIL TOPS OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 167W AND 180W...AND 16N AND 10N. THUNDERSTORM TOPS HERE ARE AT A LOFTY 53000 FEET. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS STRUNG OUT ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE... ITCZ ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING HIGH CLOUDS TO THE JETSTREAM. THE ITCZ STRADDLES 08N...TO THE EAST OF 165W. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.