From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Oct 12 02:25:38 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 o9BIPbXv001375 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:25:38 +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 o9B51uMk003879; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3837412 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:26 -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 o9BIPQSY000540 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:26 -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 o9BIPJfe005472 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A874640501A0; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:19 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101011182519.A874640501A0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:19 -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 686 ATHW40 PHFO 111825 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC MON OCT 11 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 11 2010 TWO SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS MORNING. THE LARGER OF THE TWO COVERS THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF MAUI...MOLOKAI AND THE BIG ISLAND AND EXTENDS 50 MILES EAST OF HILO AND 150 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAHULUI. THE SECOND AREA BLANKETS KAUAI AND EXTENDS 10 TO 20 MILES INTO THE KAUAI CHANNEL. A SMALLER AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVERS WINDWARD OAHU AND ITS ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UP TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANEOHE. LEEWARD AREAS OF OAHU...MOLOKAI...MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND ARE MOSTLY CLOUD-FREE EXCEPT FOR PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER THE PAHALA/KAPAPALA AREA OF KAU. THESE TRADE WIND CLOUD AREAS HAVE BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. BEYOND THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 140W AND 160W...PATCHES OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. NORTH OF 27N...LOW CLOUDS ARE MORE WIDELY DISPERSED. WATER VAPOR DATA SHOW A POORLY DEFINED UPPER LEVEL LOW ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO. A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE LOW CENTER TO APPROXIMATELY 10N 151W. THE ASSOCIATED SUBTROPICAL JET AXIS RUNS ALONG A LINE FROM 19N 167W TO 10N 151W TO 16N 140W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ITCZ...IS WITHIN A 400 TO 600 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE SOUTH OF THE JET. THE ITCZ IS MOST ACTIVE THIS MORNING FAR SOUTHWEST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS NORTH OF THE EQUATOR BETWEEN 170W AND THE DATELINE WITH SOME CLOUD TOPS REACHING UP TO 55000 FT. $$ 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.